According to the Public Relations Office of the 34th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF)), six films including ‘I am a Teacher’ by Sergey Mokritskiy, ‘Habib Al Ard’ by Ramadan Khasrouh, ‘Solomon’ by Zaza Khalvashi, ‘The Martyr’ by Abdul Aleem Taher, ‘The Seed’ by Ifigeneia Kotsoni, and ‘Imaginary Border’ by Alireza Ghanie will have their world premiere in the Iranian festival.
The feature film ‘Farmers’ by Zurab Kavtaradze will be screened in Eastern panorama and ‘Turn Around’ by Dmitry Lesnevskiy and ‘Switch Man’ by Hsun-Chun Chuang will participate in Cinema Salvation section (short film competition).
In addition, El Clasico’ (Halkawt Mustafa), ‘Amama: When a Tree Falls’ (Asier Altuna Iza), ‘Dawn’ (Laila Pakalnina), ‘Guarani’ (Luis Zorraquin), ‘Norfolk’ (Martin Radich), ‘Waves’ (Sean Breathnach), and ‘The Kid and the Sea’ (Miguel Quintero) which are participating in international section (Cinema Salvation Short and Feature Films) will be screened in Asia for the first time.
‘Bloody January’ by Vahid Fuad Mustafayev in Eastern panorama will also have its first international screening. In Festival of Festivals section, ‘Epitaph’ by Yulene Olaizola, and ‘The Visitor"’ by Mehmet Eryilmaz will premiere in Asia.
In Special Screenings section, ‘Film Adventurer Karel Zeman’ (Tomas Hoden), ‘Roshmia’ (Salim Abu Jabal), and ‘Deadlock’ (Harutyun Khachatryan) will be screened for the first time in Asia. In retrospective and tributes of French Cinema, ‘The Fear’ will enjoy its first screening in Asia. Thus, 14 films in total will have their premiere Asian screening in the 34th FIFF.
Furthermore, ‘Frenzy’ (Emin Alper), ‘Walking Distance’ (Alejandro Guzmán Alvarez), ‘Dawit’ (David Jansen), ‘Figure’ (Katarzyna Gondek), ‘Vanya’ (Christina Rabotenko) will be screened for the first time in the Middle East.
In Eastern Panorama ‘Zinnia Flower’ by Tom Shu-Yu Lin and ‘What a Wonderful Family’ by Yôji Yamada will premiere in the Middle East.
In special screenings section ‘Love Marriage in Kabul’ by Amin Palangi and ‘Hpakant Jade Life’ by Lee Yong Chao will be screened for the first time in Middle East. In retrospective and tributes of French Cinema ‘Anton Chekhov’ by Rene Feret will have its first Asian screening. Thus, ten films will have their premiere screening in the Middle East in the 34th edition of Fajr International Film Festival.
The 34th edition of Fajr International Film Festival will be held on 20-25 April, 2016 in Charsou Cineplex, under the supervision of the well-known Iranian filmmaker, Mr. Reza Mirkarimi.
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