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Director of Fajr International Film Festival

Fajr International Film Festival is I have to think about this
ecosystem because of my re-
one of the best festivals in FIAPF sponsibility. We need to know
when we omit an event what

troubles may raise. Of course,
there are also global relation-
ships and we have to look and
find a new way. We can not say
that we are closing the festival

due to the poverty of the cin-
ema people. I announced that
the budgets have a definite
line and are not transferable

to each other, we must keep
Mohammad Mehdi Asgar- Fajr International Festival is pace with the world. Some
pour, the director of the one of the few environment people have searched in the
38th Fajr International Film in the region that others can world and found solutions.
Festival, explained on how use. Our most important de- 4 Outdoor halls, innova-
to hold this event in two cision was to run this section tion of this year's festival

press conferences. We have virtually on a secure platform. One of the issues of this year
an overview of his most im- The Cannes Film Market has is the experience of using
portant remarks. used the Sinando platform, outdoor halls for screening.

1 and some of its problems Charso Campus has a space
The First Festival en- have been resolved along the
upstairs dedicated to open-
countered Corona procedure, and it has now air cinema. A cinema hall of
Fajr International Film Festival become a secure platform. Kanoon has also an outdoor
was the first festival which en- That's why we also signed a cinema for many years and
countered corona pandemic. contract with them. it has not been used.
Different aspects of a
The festival was scheduled to 3 5 International Festival, a
take place at the end of April festival ecosystem place to introduce young
last year. At that time, we In my opinion, the ecosystem Iranian filmmakers
were told that the problem of cinema, is what festivals Not only this year, but based

would be resolved by June are made for. Some yellow on previous years, when we
and that the festival could be media believe that festivals have sometimes followed
held. I think the pulse of world are a party, but the ecosys- this festival as an audience, it
cinema, and basically festi- tem of a festival covers many has been and is a good place
vals, is beating with just a few things. Corona is said to have to introduce young Iranian

big festivals. In the first place, seriously damaged the cine- filmmakers. Not only in the
there was the issue of post- ma. I agree with this, but in competitive sector, but also
poning the festival, but we the same situation, several in the market sector, where
had another reason, and that films have been produced, all the exchanges take place

was the relationship between and one of the ways of show- have been good opportu-
our festival and FIAPF. ing films is film festivals. Fes- nities for these young peo-
2 ple. Fortunately, we are in a
To hold a virtual mar- tivals have been formed over
ketplace and use of Si- the years. Are these festivals country where many young
nando platform just parties? This is the think- people make their first or

Depending on the circum- ing of the yellow newspapers, second film every year.
stances, we were looking for which consider the festival as 6 One of the best festivals
different methods of per- a party and a family gather- in FIAPF
forming the festival, one of ing, as if people are drinking, Fajr International Film Festi-

which was the use of different dancing and giving prizes to- val is one of the best festivals
platforms. Over the past year, gether! Now one might go to in FIAPF. The situation of the
many international festivals the Cannes Film Festival and Fajr International Festival in
have been held, some entire- see just one thing, but the the region is useful. Many
ly physical, some physical and ecosystem of an event is not countries around us use the

virtual, and some only virtual. just that. Part of it is the mov- festival market to introduce
The most important decision ie show, another part is the their works. These countries
for this year's festival was in market. All aspects Must be cannot use Cannes and Ber-
the market section, as the seen completely. lin festivals.

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