What are these two women doing at Fajr Film Festival?
With the announcement of the names of the films entered into the Souda Simorgh section, or the competition section of the 41st Fajr Film Festival, the names of two directors have received a lot of attention.
Charso Press: Lilly Aaj And Nahid Azizi. These two female directors are among the 24 films that made it to the Simorgh Souda section. They are the first film and maybe they have an interesting resume in the field of cinema.
The first person is brilliant in the field of theater and two or three years ago he was called “Iranian theater phenomenon” and the second one has been in various positions such as assistant director, writer, stage secretary, actor and set designer.
Lilly Aaj He started his career in the theater. One of his prominent works in the field of theater is “Bread Committee” and he has written and staged other plays as well. In the field of cinema, he has written and directed several short films. He has also worked as a writer, director and production manager on television. He with the movie “Colonel Soraya” He is present at the 41st Fajr Film Festival. His film is about a part of the events related to the Ashraf barracks during the Mojahedin Khalq organization (hypocrites). Jalil Shabani is also the producer of this film.
Ivory believes that “When you direct, you are not for yourself, you are exposed to the audience, actors, reporters, this and that…; But when you write, it’s as if you are yourself and you keep coming back to yourself.”
Nahid Azizi who also has the suffix Sediq in his last name, the most notable work he has appeared in is the movie Dasht Kashmosh directed by Ahmed Bahrami, which won several awards at international festivals. He was in this movie as an actor, director consultant and one of the writers of the script. He was also a stage secretary in the movie “The Thirteenth Bridge” directed by Farhad Gharib. Of course, the production of the movie “Refuge” directed by Ahmad Bahrami is also recorded in his career. This director now with the film “oh coldIt is in Sodai Simorgh and Seyedreza Mohaghegh is also the producer of this work. This producer also presented the movie “Why don’t you cry” directed by Alireza Motamedi in the event. Interestingly, no information about this project has been leaked.
Azizi believes that “we cannot ignore our cultural issues and local and regional pains. “I think the best subjects to tell are the ones closest to us, and I always believe as a screenwriter that we shouldn’t ignore what’s going on around us.”
Considering the performance of this female director before attending the Fajr Film Festival, we can imagine a promising future for these two ladies of Iranian cinema.
The 41st Fajr International Film Festival, 12 to 22 Bahman 1401, under the direction of Dabiri Mojtaba Amini It will be held simultaneously in 31 provinces of the country.
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