Unveiling the poster of the 17th “Truth Cinema” festival

According to the Fars news agency, Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam, the secretary of the 17th “Cinema-Ghekrit” international festival, said about the poster of this period of the festival: “According to today’s schedule, we will unveil the main and side posters of this period of the “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival. Hamidreza Bidaghi is an artist and graphic artist, the artistic director of the festival and the designer of the posters of this period. On Sunday, December 19, at the media meeting of the festival, the names of the films of different sections will be announced.

He explained about the 3 main themes of this year’s festival: This year, we have set 3 goals and 3 future approaches, which we hope to focus on for the following years; One is the issue of water and the other is the issue of population. Also, in this year’s festival, we have a special look and approach to Gaza, and an important part of the festival is dedicated to films, discussions and approaches on this issue. These 3 topics are the main axes of this year’s festival. In addition to these 3 topics, we have a special look at wildlife and environment.

The CEO of the Center for the Development of Documentary, Experimental and Animated Cinema said about the side sections of this year’s festival: We have designed various sections this year and my colleagues tried to witness a diverse and colorful festival from different parts of Iran. This year we have a section called “Treasure of Iranian Cinema”. The opening of the festival will be held in a special way. We will have talks, workshops and intellectual and specialized discussions during the festival, and we will also host international guests who will hold online and face-to-face workshops.

The secretary of the “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival said about the Gaza section: We have a special section about Gaza in this year’s festival. “Cinema-Ghekrit” festival will be held for 5 days, and for this reason, we will show 5 of the best documentaries of the world’s cinema on the subject of Gaza. In this section, we review movies and talk to directors about their works. Special attention will definitely be paid to the film that can achieve this goal in the international and national sectors this year. In addition to this issue, about 2 weeks ago, we designed a fund to support and invest in international projects, the first goal of this fund is to support films that have the theme of Gaza.

In the end, Mohammad Hamidi-Moghadam stated: I hope that we will have a good festival ahead and filmmakers, artists and young people interested in documentary cinema will be with us at the Charso cinema campus. I think we will see interesting works in the festival this year.

The 17th International Iranian Documentary Film Festival “Cinema-Ghekrit” will be held from December 27 to January 2 under the direction of Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam in Charso campus.

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