Giving the Kiarostami award at a French festival
Kamran Rasulzadeh In an interview with IRNA’s film reporter, he said about the goals of the first Youality festival: The goal of this festival is to bring talented and interested filmmakers together in a space where they can have joint interactions in filmmaking and even reach joint projects. Usually, international festivals are held only by observing filmmakers and introducing them, but the approach of Ualiti Festival is to discover the capabilities of filmmakers and provide them with the opportunity to cooperate with serious international platforms.
He added: One of the other goals of this festival is to deal with human and social issues in the global dimension, and a section is dedicated to this in every period. In the first period of this festival, we have chosen “Peace” as a global concept and short films with this theme will be reviewed in a special section and award.
The Iranian secretary of this French festival said about the film-poetry section: “Film-poetry” is a common part of all the periods of the festival, which originates from the Far East and the Middle East. Iran is also one of the countries that introduced eternal filmmakers and lasting works in this field to the world, that’s why in this festival we pay special attention to the company of Iranian filmmakers to witness the presence of more Iranian film poetry in the international arena.
He continued: The call for this festival has been published on international platforms and the festival is currently accepting the works of filmmakers from all over the world. But a more accessible process has been planned for Iranian filmmakers who can contact the festival representative in Iran by calling 09025113520 to facilitate their registration process.
Rasulzadeh said about the film-poetry section: filmmakers should consider that a film with the title of film-poetry enters the final and competitive section, which, relying on a poetic dramaturgy, during poetic plans and sequences, and with a poetic editing, has been able to depict the process of the occurrence of poetry. kill The works that are made with a story-telling point of view and solely relying on the themes of a poem are not necessarily included in the poetry film category.
Kamran Rasulzadeh said: In the student section, filmmakers must send their student documents to the festival, and we have considered special facilities in this section, such as free festival registration.
He said: Heritage literature is the essence of all arts. Although all the arts are trying to reach music. But literature has a very delicate and honorable position in the field of world art. Although cinema is cinema, it has the power to reach the language of poetry.
Youality festival secretary said: We have a special program for Iranian cinema, which is an award named Abbas Kiarostami which will be consistently awarded to the best films in the field of poetry in all periods. In the first period, a memorial ceremony for Abbas Kiarostami and a review of his works will be held. Also, after the festival, selected Iranian filmmakers will have the opportunity to participate in virtual masterclasses and specialized cinema workshops.