TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The growing number of movies from different parts of the world attending this year’s International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Iran attests to the event’s vast geographic diversity, an official said.
Director of the international section of the 34th International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Raed Faridzadeh, said this year’s edition of the festival enjoys vast geographic diversity because of the rising number of joint productions.
He also unveiled plans to establish a permanent “video library” of the festival.
Commenting on the features of the international cinematic event, Faridzadeh said the festival is one of the oldest ones in the region and has attracted many children’s cinema activists for several years.
He underscored that the festival also has managed to establish a good position and reputation in this field, while it enjoys cordial relations with specialized children’s festivals around the globe.
Faridzadeh also noted the jury of the feature-length section includes judges from France, Germany, Chile, and Sweden.
“In the meantime, the jury members of the short section are from Turkey and Afghanistan, accompanied by Iranian judges including Ghazal Shakeri, Alireza Shoja Nouri, and Mehrdad Oskooi,” he stated.
According to the official, movies from India, Spain, Russia, Lebanon, Turkey, Croatia, Luxembourg, Norway, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iran, Estonia, Mexico, Poland, Switzerland, and Peru will compete in the international section of the festival.
The 34th edition of the festival will be held from October 8 to 13, 2021, in collaboration with the Iranian Cinema Organization, Farabi Cinematic Foundation, and Isfahan Municipality.
The festival’s movies will be screened in two cities, Tehran and Isfahan, both in an online format and in theatres in compliance with the Coronavirus health protocols.