Documentaries Across Globe Make It to Iran’s Cinema Vérité
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Four
movies by foreign filmmakers will be screened in the Documentary Portrait section of the 15th edition of the Iran International Documentary Film Festival, known as the Cinema Vérité.
The 15th edition of the Cinema Vérité festival will be displaying four movies by overseas filmmakers in the Documentary Portrait section.
The documentary portraits are as follows:
-“Before the Dying of the Light” by Ali Essafi from Morocco;
-“Django & Django” by Italian filmmaker Luca Rea;
- “To the Moon” by Irish director Tadhg O’Sullivan;
- “Mau”, a co-production of Austria and the US directed by Benjamin Bergmann and Jono Bergmann;
The 15th edition of Cinema Vérité festival is slated to be held in Tehran from December 6-16.
The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual event.
The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market.
Due to the spread of coronavirus, this year’s edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.