36th Fajr Film Market announces Iranian titles for sale

The 36th edition of the Fajr International Film Festival has announced the names of films at its Film Market, a commercial event that each year provides valuable services for international distributors and sales agents.

Iranian filmmakers fortunate enough to receive distribution offers for their films will be able to ink deals with sales agents to release their films in foreign countries in collaboration with festival accolades.

According to the Secretariat of the annual event, this year a total of 31 feature-length, 19 short, and 9 documentary movies from Iran will be screened at the market.

The selected films have been directed by high-profile Iranian filmmakers, including Bahman Farmanara, Ebrahim Hatamikia, Khosro Masoumi, Ahmad-Reza Motamedi, Behrouz Gharibpour, Kamal Tabrizi, Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar and Houman Seyyedi.

Some of the titles have already been screened at some of the top international film festivals such as Berlinale. These films are going to be screened in the Market and then will be up for grabs by international distributing companies and sales agents.

The announced feature lineup is as follows:

'The Lost Strait' by Bahram Tavakkoli

'Forty Seven' by Ahmad Otraqchi and Alireza Ataollah-Tabrizi

'Hattrick' by Ramtin Lavvafi

'Ordackly' by Behrouz Gharibpour

'Astigmatism' by Majid-Reza Mostafavi

'Patio' by Maryam Bahrololumi

'Walking on String' by Ahmad-Reza Motamedi

'Dressage' by Pouya Badkoubeh

'Hendi & Hormoz' by Abbas Amini

'A Bigger Game' by Abbas Nezam-Doust

'Presumptuous' by Kamal Tabrizi

'Andranic' by Hossein Mahkam

'African Violets' by Mona Zandi-Haqiqi

'Damascus Time' by Ebrahim Hatamikia

'Tale of the Sea' by Bahman Farmanara

'Woodpecker' by Behrouz Shoeibi

'Bearer' by Bahman Kamyar

'Reza' by Alireza Motamedi

'All Night' by Farzad Motamen

'Misunderstanding' by Ahmad-Reza Motamedi

'Flaming' by Hamid Nematollah

'Dirty Job' by Khosro Masoumi

'Sheeple' by Houman Seyyedi

'Termites' by Masoud Hatami

'One Kilo and Twenty One Grams' by Rahim Toufan

'The Dark Room' by Rouhollah Hejazi

'Mahour' by Majid Niamorad

'Time the Hangover' by Mohammad-Hossein Latifi

'The Elephant King' by Hadi Mohammadian

'Saad’s Olive Tree' by Ahmad Zayeri

'Stammer' by Mohammad-Reza Haji-Gholami

The announced documentary lineup includes:

'Lady Qods of Iran' by Mostafa Razzaq-Karimi

'Finding Farideh' by Kourosh Ataei and Azadeh Mousavi

'House of Sun' by Mehdi Baqeri

'Path of Heart' by Mehdi Zamanpour-Kiasari

'A Father’s Heritage' by Mehdi Naqavian

'Panj' (Five) by Seyyed-Mojtaba Hosseini

'About The Salesman' by Vahid Sedaqat and Tahmineh Monzavi

'Buddha’s Shame' by Morteza Atash-Zamzam

'The Story of Yemen' by Mohammad-Ali Shabani

And the announced short film lineup embraces:

'Grey Umbrella' by Mohammad Poustin-Douz

'Discharged' by Azadeh Mousavi

'A Man With Blue Suit' by Jamshid Bahmani

'Beautiful Woman' by Sajjad Mousavi

'Pedovore' by Mohammad Kart

'Cypress Under Water' by Mohammad-Ali Bashe-Ahangar

'Gaze' by Farnoush Samadi

'Athens' by Hossein Shaeri

'Zona' by Toufan Nahan-Qodrati

'The Labyrinth by Shiva Nouri

'Friend, Brother, Neighbor' by Mohammad-Ebrahim Azizi

'The Dream of a Garden' by Rahi Qasemi

'Delete All' by Mohammad-Ali Rakhshani

'Hello' by Mohammad-Reza Haji-Gholami

'Crow’s Nest' by Reyhaneh Kavosh

'Moon Said: Blop Blop Help' by Reyhaneh Kavosh

'Alphabet' by Kianoush Abedi

'Empty View' by Ali Zare-Qanatnowi

'Mr. Deer' by Mojtaba Mousavi

Established in 1982, the Fajr International Film Festival celebrates cultural exchange, displays creative achievements of highly acclaimed cineastes and pays tribute to local and international films.

Since its establishment, the Fajr International Film Festival has played a vital role in the development of Iranian Cinema.

Supervised by Iran’s Ministry of Culture, the festival hosts veteran directors and new filmmakers from Iran and across the world every year.

Directed by Reza Mirkarimi, the 36th edition of the festival is slated for April 19-27, 2018, in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

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