The press conference of the 41st Fajr/Amini Film Festival: the variety of climates and different genres will satisfy the audience.
According to Fars news agency, the press conference of the 41st Fajr International Film Festival, along with the unveiling of the poster of the international section, this morning on the 10th of Bahman 1401 at the Mellat Cinema Campus, with the presence of Festival Secretary Mojtaba Amini, Fajr Film Festival Public Relations Manager Masoud Najafi and Media people were held.
The meeting began with the playing of the national anthem and the recitation of several verses from the Holy Quran, with a delay of half an hour due to traffic, snow and rain.
Unveiling the poster of the 41st Fajr Film Festival
Massoud Najafi, Public Relations Manager of Fajr Film Festival, while announcing a welcome to the media, reminded people who have been with this event in recent years and are not with us now; Among these people, we can mention Vahid Eslami, Asghar Yousefinejad, Alireza Ghafari, Mohsen Jafari Rad, Ashkan Mansouri and Babak Barzoye.
He added: “This year, we will host audiences at the Mellat campus until 21st of February 1401, and the schedule of the show will be determined and published within the next two days.” The schedule of cinemas will start at 13:00 on the days when three films are shown, and at 16:00 on the days when the show schedule is 2 screenings.
In the continuation of the press conference, Mojtabi Amini, the secretary of the 41st Fajr International Film Festival, while expressing his sympathies to the victims of the Khoi earthquake, said: “We thank God that the conditions for holding the 41st Fajr Film Festival have been prepared and we are approaching the opening days of this event.” God willing, with your help and companionship, the celebration of the beginning of the year of Iranian cinema will take place on 12 Bahman 1401.
The holding and planning of the festival was delayed due to the problems and inflammations of the last few months in the country and the trend of the country’s cinema, and the production speed of the artists in the production issues was reduced, but we were faced with a good production package in the framework of evaluating the films and 75 The works that reached the secretariat were significant works compared to previous years.
He continued: Unlike the previous years, when works were produced in a single-location and urban context, this year, with new graphics and climates, vitality and vitality will be seen in the cinema production line, and the cinema production line will satisfy the audience with a variety of climates and different genres. will keep and we will face a good package for next year’s release.
Referring to the high quality of the productions of this year’s festival, Amini said: The work of the selection board was difficult in reviewing the works because they had to select works that had the necessary standards. We wanted to provide the conditions in such a way that all the works could find their way. We had 30 good films to create a prosperous festival; 24 works made it to the competitive section and 4 works were reserved and we hope that Jafari Jozani’s work will reach the festival. Today at 10:00 a.m., ticket sales have started in three systems, and provincial screenings will begin on 30 Bahman, and public tickets for provinces will go on sale 48 hours before 17 Bahman.
* The presence of 26 works from 25 countries in Fajr Festival for the first time
The secretary of the 41st Fajr International Film Festival stated: This year we are witnessing foreign guests and international works. 578 films participated in the international Fajr film field and after reviewing 26 films from 25 countries will be present in this festival and they will be screened in the festival for the first time and some of them are joint productions. This year we will welcome foreign guests from 28 countries and the festival market will be held at the festival house (Milad Tower).
Amini clarified: We have also considered specialized workshops at the Cinema Museum, and workshops will be held for international guests at the same Milad Tower. Simultaneously with the opening of the festival, Atlas Mall and Parand cinemas will be reopened. We must help the country’s cinema family and this festival is a platform for the cinema family to present their efforts of several months and satisfy their audience. God willing, the dear people are the hosts of the cinema family, and in these days, they will see the revolution celebration and the Fajr festival, and we will mark the celebration of Iranian cinema with empathy and kindness.
In response to film smuggling and the issue of film protection, he said: preparations have been made for the security of cyberspace and IT at the organizing headquarters and the Ministry of Culture and Guidance, and the country is under cyber attack and there are technological services that are of high security. has The date and time have been considered so that nothing happens in other provinces and we can hold a regular festival.
*Maybe I have a people Simorgh
He also said about the popular Simorgh and the screening of films in the final days of the festival: This year, the production line of cinematographic works was formed at a slow pace, and we supported the applicants to participate in the festival who wanted their work to reach the festival, and we understood the position of our friends. Therefore, with the cooperation of the secretariat, we will provide screening conditions for the films that arrive later by planning. Considering that some films will be added to the screening fleet from the middle of the festival, the conditions will be challenging for public votes, and we seek to provide a fair platform because some films will be screened from the beginning and others They appear on the screen from the middle and this is not fair and we are looking for arrangements so that people’s votes can be taken into account.
Amini said about the film review and introduction meetings: The news meetings are as usual and we will announce the host of the meeting tomorrow, and comprehensive planning has been done in this regard and we will predict hot meetings for the media people.
The secretary of the festival said regarding the allocation of Simorgh for adaptation in the festival: If the Simorgh works are formed in the competitive section based on adaptation and has weight, it can be given special attention and it should be seen how the subject of adaptation and its quality will be in the festival. .
* Festival red carpet
Amini also stated regarding the film market section in Milad Tower and the holding of the red carpet: arrangements have been made for news coverage in Milad Tower so that journalists can cover news in both Milad and Mellat. Members of the media will have access to the screening market with the coordination of Mr. Najafi. From the first day, our policy was to take the 40-year-old festival to the 41st stage, and the humble look and policy that we are considering should be accompanied by the Islamic Iranian style and we should not implement the cultures of foreign countries; Because we have a special cultural barrier and no part of the world can deal with it. We are moving forward with the plans made with the Iran-Islamic framework. It may have some mistakes, but it will definitely be fixed with your criticism and advice from the media and artists.
In response to the fact that only the people who are present at the festival are judged, the director of the festival said: In these 40 years of the festival, we have all been in a bad mood or we have all been in a good mood. This festival belongs to our dear colleagues. In these 40 periods and whether Azizi wants to accompany or not, we will make decisions with authority based on regulations and plans and we will advance the discussions we have in mind. These works were created for the people and we should not tie cultural and artistic issues with politics. I don’t see any problem in judging these works.
He continued: “In order not to provide a platform for polarization, I started producing from cinema and I have been a small member of the cinema family since I was 17 years old and I lived with the people of those years despite intellectual differences and they are our friends. It is Sari; During these months, we maintained our intimacy and emotional spirit, and these inflammations do not affect friendships and relationships.
*Company cancellations in the awards section
Regarding cancellations in the award sections, he said, “I don’t see a problem with that.” Amini said that they are maneuvering on the issue that I am the producer of Gando in different media. Of course, police and security series have a clear importance. But I was involved in other different works in the cinema, and I introduced Human Sidi in the movie Africa, or I did anti-Israeli works like Saturday Hunter, but they always focus on Gando. But these have nothing to do with the security aspect of the festival and I only work as a festival manager. I have not received any specific instructions from anywhere on how to manage the festival. Our duty is to take care of the cinema and protect the cinema family and their works. There is a lot of pressure on cinematographers because of filmmaking, now if there is a lot of media pressure on them, they will be persecuted and there will be no time left for them. Therefore, the media aspect of the work proceeded with caution because the festival worked in difficult conditions and the films also operated in these conditions.
He said that insider and non-insider are not correct words and all tastes and ideologies were present in the festival. There is no artist who has not participated in the festival, even the person who said that he has not participated in the festival for several years, has participated in several editions of the Fajr International Film Festival and even received a salary.
Amini also said about the ticket sales sites that all three sites have been working since morning, although they have disturbances, but they do not have any problems to run. So far, more than 6,500 tickets have been sold.
He said about the lack of promotional items for the films: We could have closed the file of the festival films a month earlier, but we waited for different films with different themes and types, and of course the first films, to reach the festival. We shouldered all the pressure and hardships of the festival to accompany the artists. The festival proceeds according to the framework of its standards. The owners of the works finish their work with a delay and they cannot make announcements, teasers, posters and promotional items for it in time. The owners of the works gave the photos, and the photos are both on the festival website and in the Instagram space of the festival. Motion graphics are with photos. In fact, promotional items are in the hands of the owners of the works, some like to do this on the eve of their release. Everyone has their own policies and advertises based on their own policies.
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