The agent who revealed the names of the winners of the Fajr Film Festival apologized

According to Fars Cinema Reporter: “Cinematict” website published a statement about the publication of the closing information of Fajr Film Festival.

According to Cinema Ticket, the statement reads:

Greetings to the people of cinema and the officials of culture and art of our land, Iran

Some situations can not be explained in any language, let alone justified. Silence is certainly not the right answer in these complex situations; But if there is no other option, it is probably the best choice to find a better answer over time.

At 19:15 on the 22nd of Bahman, exactly on the closing day of the 40th Fajr Festival, due to an operator-human error, the list of winners was published on the “Cinematict” site for 15 minutes and then became unavailable.

It was definitely a very damaging event; First for the festival and then for the Cinematict site, which has always been supported by our dear people.

“Cinematict” fully accepts responsibility for this unintentional and operator-human error and negligence. However, an important part of this information was published on Twitter at 4:00 PM – which, of course, does not diminish our error and responsibility.

Certainly, Mr. Ismaili, the esteemed Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance, and Mr. Khazaei, the head of the country’s cinema organization, have been under pressure from many media outlets; But sometimes nothing more can be done than apologizing, regretting, and refining processes to avoid repetition in the future. We just hope you accept our apology for this unintentional incident.

Since we are going to have an explicit and sincere statement, surely the other question of the esteemed readers is how this information reached the executive team of Cinematict a few hours earlier? The answer we provided in writing and orally to the FATA police and the security of the cinema organization was this; If for many years, you are the first source of cinema sales in the country – with a 90% share of the market – due to the high volume of communication with people of culture and journalists, you will willingly or unwillingly be on a busy information highway.

Information that some artists had about their awards and those of their colleagues hours before the closing; To the reporters and curious activists who helped us – as every year – to prepare the list of winners with a very high percentage of accuracy for publication after the closing. As with all reputable pages and sites, creating an ample opportunity for graphic design and content production immediately after the announcement of the winners in the media space led to the negligence and publication of this list, one hour ahead of schedule.

However, after this period of silence, it was necessary to provide explanations in a clear and sincere text and without any governmental, security or media pressure, and to explain our great contribution to this incident, and we hope that our users and dear people, the people. Art and cultural officials should understand this unintentional and human error and accept our apology.

Regards / Cinema Ticket

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