Reviewing the works of the 8th Shahr Film Festival on TV/Juries from Russia, America and Bangladesh judge the works

According to the reporter of Fars News Agency Radio and Television, the press conference of the 8th Shahr Sobh International Film Festival this morning, Wednesday, July 22, was attended by Majid Akbarshahi, the secretary of the 8th Fajr International Film Festival and some members of the selection committee of this festival, including Abbas Rafei. , Bahram Azimi and Mohammad Reza Khordmendan and media people were held at Mellat Gallery cinema campus.

Majid Akbarshahi, the secretary of the 8th Fajr International Film Festival, pointed out the number of films in this period of the festival and said: In this period, we had a total of 3,339 works in different sections, in the international section, 1,871 works from 112 countries were sent to the secretariat of this The festival was sent to the countries of India with 336 films, Brazil with 127 films, Turkey with 112 films, the United States of America with 89 films and Italy with 75 films. The festival started.

He continued: In the national section, 71 film and video works were sent to this festival, of which 18 works entered the festival, in the feature documentary section, 45 works were sent to the festival, of which 8 works were entered, in the documentary section 241 short and semi-long works were submitted, of which 19 were selected, in the animation section, 120 works were sent to the festival secretariat, of which 23 works entered the festival, in the short and semi-long story section, 556 works were sent, which Of these, 30 works made it to the festival, in the television series section, 48 works were sent to the festival, of which 14 works were selected, in the home show, 18 works were sent to the festival, of which 4 works were selected, in the neighborhood section, 78 works were sent to the festival. 20 works were sent to the festival, and 20 works were selected, 248 works were sent to the festival in the advertising items of Iranian cinema, of which 54 works entered the festival, and 343 works were sent to the festival in the city’s artistic creations section, of which 45 selected works entered the festival.

Also, in the next part of the ceremony, the commemorative poster of this festival was unveiled by “Abbas Rafei”, “Mohammedreza Khormedandan” and “Bahram Azimi” along with the secretary of the festival.

After unveiling the commemoration posters, Akbarshahi said: The selection of these people for commemoration is not to ignore the efforts of the rest of the people active in the field of health of the city, especially during the Corona era, which happened to delay the holding of a period of the festival.

In the next part of the meeting, the managing director of Shahr Image Institute announced the selection board of works in different sections and said: In the section of feature films, “Saeed Mostaghathi”, “Abbas Rafei” and “Mohammedreza Khoshro”, in the animation section “Bahram Azimi” “, “Hadi Mohammadian” and “Mohammed Amin Hamdani”, in the section of television series and home shows “Amin Zandangani”, “Mohammed Reza Shefah” and “Javad Ramzannejad”, in the section of short and half-length films “Saeed Pourasmaili”, “Mohammed Reza Khormedandan” and “Amir Bovali”, in the documentary section “Mohammed Shakibania”, “Mohsen Yazdi” and “Mohsen Islamzadeh”, in the neighborhood section “Rahleh Aminian”, “Hossein Darabi” and “Hadi Moghadam Dost”, in the section of advertising items of Iranian cinema and creations Shahr art “Mohammed Badrloo”, “Kambiz Sabri”, “Ali Hayati” and “Abdul Hamid Qadirian” were in charge of selecting the works.

He continued: In the international cinema department, “Milyavsha Aituganova”, “Abdul Alim Taher” and “Mustafa Sarvarfaruqi” are in charge of judging the works.

Awarding of three parts of the festival at the opening ceremony

Referring to the awards of this year’s Shahr Film Festival, Akbarshahi said: a total of 53 awards and certificates of appreciation have been considered for different sections, some of which will be given at the opening and the other part at the closing.

Akbarshahi also reminded: In the opening of this event, awards will be given to 3 sections of the neighborhood, advertising items of Iranian cinema, artistic creations of the city, TV series and home shows.

Holding educational workshops with the presence of Vladimir Blazhevsky

Majid Akbarshahi also said regarding the holding of educational workshops at the same time as the festival: Vladimir Blazhevski, a filmmaking professor from Macedonia, will teach cinema directing in a three-day workshop, and how to register and attend these workshops will be announced soon.

Screening of five films at the city film festival for the first time

He further stated: We will screen many films in the festival, five films will be shown for the first time in this festival, 3 of them were screened in Fajr Film Festival and will be screened in this festival for the first time.

Holding the opening ceremony at the same time as Ghadir Eid

In another part of the ceremony, the secretary of the festival said: The opening ceremony will be held on Sunday evening, July 26, coinciding with Eid al-Ghadir, at Mellat Gallery cinema campus. The exhibition of advertising and information of Iranian cinema and artistic creations of the city will be held at 8:00 p.m. and the commemoration of “Jaafar Dehghan” as well as the awarding of prizes to the winners of the neighborhood competition, advertising and information of Iranian cinema and artistic creations of the city, TV series and home shows will also be held at the opening. will be. In the continuation of this press conference, the secretary of the festival answered the questions of some members of the media.

In response to a question about the selection criteria of the two influential urban figures of health and urban services and its connection with the festival, he said: The festival is an opportunity to appreciate and thank the figures who serve the people. Due to the delay of this festival due to the corona virus, Dr. Mehdi Variji was chosen, who provided many services to the people during the spread of this disease. Jafar Dehghan, Fatemeh Gudarzi and Abdolreza Akbari were selected for the film discussion of this festival, which is also one of the traditions of cinema. Of course, other people were also mentioned in the policy-making council, and finally we reached the names of these friends. In any case, the city’s film festival has a dramatic and cinematic nature, which is natural, and we can appreciate and thank the artists, record holders, and hard workers of this field.

In response to a question about the different uses of different sections of the festival and criticism and analysis of works, Akbarshahi said: Criticism is done in the public space in accordance with the society as much as possible, when we have more audience in the cinema section, we will mainly have more criticism in this area. Holding review meetings is for a specific audience, for example, not all people are interested in documentary or short films. In this regard, we have coordinated with the public relations of this festival so that some of the expert reviews will be reflected in several news agencies, and of course, necessary coordination has also been made with some television channels to analyze and review some of the works in the festival through the national media. take

Similarly, Akbarshahi explained in response to a question about the budget of the festival: The initial budget that we announced for this period was ten billion, which was not approved. Finally, the request for a budget of 6 billion was approved, which has not yet been allocated, currently with half of We manage this amount of the festival. I can say that due to the current inflation rate, with 50 or 60% of the budget of the previous festival, we will hold this edition, and in this regard, we had to remove some parts of the festival, such as the presence of international film personalities.

In response to a question about the educational workshops of this period of the festival, the secretary of the festival said: The educational workshops in the festival will be in person and will be held in hall 12. Its registration will be informed by the public relations team of the festival. I think that the experience and encounter with international professors who have a different intellectual theme than domestic professors can be a good and new experience for all the clients of the workshops and getting to know the types of encounters between directors and angles. Different views on different issues of filmmaking can be good for our young filmmakers.

He also said about the program of showing films during the festival: in four halls of the Mellat campus with a capacity of 720 seats, 15 screenings per day and a total of 90 screenings of the works of cinematographers will be shown. Halls 1 and 2 are dedicated to Iranian competition films, feature films, international documentaries and four unreleased films of Iranian cinema. Hall 3 will be dedicated to short and semi-long feature films, documentaries and international animation.

Also, hall 4 is dedicated to the films of the cinema and video neighborhood competition, and the screening of the works of this period of the festival will continue from 14:00 to 24:00.

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