Fajr Film Festival | Short films need serious attention

In an interview with Fars News Agency, Fardin Ansari, the director of the short film “Majan” present at the 40th Fajr Film Festival, said that foreign festivals do not differentiate between the mechanism of the long section and the short section, either in terms of ceremonies and respect for the filmmaker or The artistic perspective and credibility of the short film is not taken very seriously at domestic festivals and is more like a homework assignment.

The short film “Majan” directed by Fardin Ansari, one of the ten short films in the short section of the 40th Fajr Festival, tells the story of Sajjad, who must turn his false essay into a real experience in order to win the school competition.

Fardin Ansari has a bachelor’s degree in cinema directing, and in addition to “Majan”, he has made short films such as “Cloud House”, “Alien”, “Wild” and “Fashion”. Seedling and Shadow Student Festivals, Tehran International Short Film Festival, Asian Art Films, Dhaka Bangladesh and awards including Rasulov Special Prize; The best screenplay of the Shadow Festival; The best film and artistic achievement of the International Festival of Hope and the best film of the Lantern Festival are in his artistic record.

Under the pretext of “Majan”‘s presence in Fajr 40, we had a conversation with this young director.

Ansari said in this interview that the presence of short films in Fajr Festival is definitely very important: “Personally, I think that the presence of” Majan “short film in Fajr Festival is more important than the presence of” short film “as The main part of the Fajr Festival is important. جان “Majan” and other short films in this Fajr period are in fact representatives of short films; “But I hope Fajr pays more attention to short films and, in fact, reconsiders the mechanism for selecting short films and the restrictions they have imposed.”

He added: “It would be much more professional if the people and experts of short films were included in the short section of Fajr and gave much more importance to this section, because the future of each country’s cinema has a direct relationship with the current and short filmmakers; “That is enough for us to understand how important and effective the flow of short films is as a medium completely independent of feature films.”

The young director born in Isfahan, addressing the differences between international and domestic festivals, said: “I may not be a good person to comment professionally in this regard because I do not have so much experience attending foreign festivals; But one thing is clear, and that is the importance that foreign festivals attach to “short films”; For example, the short film section of the Cannes Film Festival is as important as its feature film section. In fact, foreign festivals make no distinction between the mechanism of the long section and the short section, either in terms of rituals and respect for the filmmaker, or in terms of the art and credibility of the short film. Unfortunately, this is not taken very seriously at domestic festivals and is more like a homework assignment. “Domestic festivals, even if they are reverse engineered from the overall structure of foreign festivals, will produce better results and feedback than what short films face today.”

The director of the short film “Fashion”, which is currently being released online in the short film package “The Last Supper”, said about the formation of the idea and the conditions for making the short film “Majan”: “The process of making the idea and making” Majan “was different from all my previous films. In fact, I was offered to make “Majan” with a relatively specific theme by the producer, but I was open to ideas, stories and narratives, and I tried to keep the world of previous films and my personal taste; “That’s why the idea of ​​’Majan’ came to our minds in a completely imaginative way with the help of a screenwriting friend, and we wrote his screenplay.”

He added: “In my work form, I also tried to take into account the simplicity of the childish world and the main character; So, with the use of fixed and static plans, but at the same time with a strong emphasis on the language of imagery and composition, and with thematic mezzanines, I can arrive at a correct form for the script. In terms of construction conditions, I can say that I did not have strange and difficult conditions; “But I faced different challenges.”

Ansari, addressing the issue of public screenings of short films, said: Raising capital requires serious attention; Cultural and managerial attention. Now the screening of cinema screens along with online screenings and of course in addition to extensive publicity and budget allocation for marketing and culture of short films by the government, ministry and even cultural organizations are essential to help identify, grow and promote short films and on the other hand expand the cultural effects of short films. Is.”

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