Memorandum of cooperation between “Film 100” festival and Youth Cinema Association/Azerpandar: We must be the connecting point for short and 100-second films.

According to Fars news agency, the signing meeting between the 13th International Film Festival 100 and the Iranian Youth Cinema Association was attended by Hamidreza Jafarian, the head of the policy council of the festival and the head of the Sore Cinema Organization, Yousef Mansouri, the secretary of the 100 Film Festival, and Mehdi Azarpandar, the CEO of the Youth Cinema Association, on Sunday 11 In January, it was held in the conference hall of the Surah Cinematic Organization.

At the beginning of this ceremony, Yousef Mansouri, the secretary of the 13th “Film100” festival, said about the signing of the memorandum and its contents: “Thanks to God and the company of Mr. Azarpandar and his colleagues in the Youth Cinema Association, today we will sign a memorandum of understanding to facilitate the movement of those interested in the field.” Filmmakers who are in the first steps of reaching their goal should not stop even after the 100 Film Festival.

He added: In this regard, we will now sign a memorandum of understanding on three axes, the most important of which is as follows:

1. Holding joint workshops and training courses on the making of 100 films using the capacities of the Iranian Youth Cinema Association and the Soreh Hozeh Henry Film Organization in different provinces for young filmmakers.

2. Holding a short film launch event (pitching) during the festival by Soura Cinema Organization, with the focus of connecting investors to talented filmmakers to support applicants and awarding 3 credits for making short fiction films each up to 1,000,000,000 Rials to selected projects by the youth cinema association

3. Granting 2 credits for the production of short fiction films each up to 1,000,000,000 Rials from among the works entered into the competition section of the 13th 100 Film Festival by the Youth Cinema Association.

In the continuation of this meeting, Mehdi Azarpandar, director of the Youth Cinema Association, also explained about the signing of this memorandum and its goals: I am very happy that the “Film100” festival is going to be held again after several years.

He continued: “Film 100” festival has always been a festival with an identity, and today, with the cost of making movies for young people, it can be a turning point and a good entry into the field of filmmaking to create an incentive for filmmakers to produce a product, and if it is accepted by Follow that product for more serious work.

Azarpandar pointed out that we have to settle at a point to be the connecting link for the production of short and 100-second films, and said: As currently, the Young Cinema Association is connected to the Farabi Cinema Foundation and has connected the short film to the feature film. Until the talent is identified, I think it will be a good thing if other related circles are connected. Of course, the film organization of Surah Chakrah is a complete cycle and can shape this process.

Director of the Iranian Youth Cinema Association, pointing out that due to the shared goals of the Youth Cinema Association and the festival, we are interested in strengthening and continuing the “Film100” festival, adding: With the efforts of Mr. Yousef Mansouri and the support of Mr. Jafarian, we hope that the festival will be prosperous. and in this direction we decided to cooperate. We hope that the benefit of signing this memorandum will reach the current of emerging youth filmmaking in the country and help to promote and better visibility of the talents present in the festival. I also hope that the 100 festival will find its fixed calendar and be held every year, so that many people make films and help discover the talent of students and fresh people, and we can also help in this direction.

In the end, this film director said: We had such interactions with other festivals; But because the “Film 100” festival is held with the aim of recognizing talents, which is the inherent duty of the association, it is more serious for us to pay for it, and we hope that good things will happen on the scheduled date of holding this event.

In the continuation of this meeting, Hamidreza Jafarian, the head of the Policy Council of the 13th “Film100” festival, while welcoming Mehdi Azarpandar, said: “I am very happy that this festival has reached a point where it can expand its connections and we hope to organize the festival more fruitfully with the cooperation of various institutions.”

At the end of this meeting, a memorandum of understanding was signed between the 13th “Film100” International Festival and the Iranian Youth Cinema Association.

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