Fajr International Film Festival

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Founded in 1982, Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF) is Iran’s largest annual film festival held in Tehran. It is an event that celebrates cultural exchange, displays creative achievements of highly acclaimed cineastes and pays tribute to quality local and international films. Since its establishment, Fajr International Film Festival has played a vital role in the development of the Iranian Cinema. Every year, veteran directors and new filmmakers devotedly present their works in the festival.

Over the years, Fajr has been honored by numerous great film figures who have also worked closely with the festival as respectable Jury Members, such as Volker Schlondorff, Krzysztof Zanussi, Robert Chartoff, Semih Kaplanoglu, Bruce Beresford, Percy Adlon, Paul Cox, Shyam Benegal, Bela Tarr, Jan Troell, Helma Sanders-Brahms, Elia Suleiman, Agnieszka Holland, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Rustam Ibragimbekov, just to name a few among other influential figures.

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Celebrating 120 Years of Iranian Cinema

FIFF Organizers Cut the Cake to Celebrate 120 Years of Iranian Cinema  “Beyond the Clouds” directed by Iranian significant filmmaker Majid Majidi  is due to be screened in more than 34 regions...


Russian documentarian says festivals create opportunity to exchnage culture and art

  The future of a nation lies in the hands of its youth who are the greatest wealth of their country in all fields and areas. Hence, if we want to ensure a guaranteed future for the world, we need...


Armenian student attending Darolfonoun section calls festivals good chance to be unified culturally

  Fajr International Film Festival began its adventurous journey with 7th hour and Darolfonoun sections on April 17th. There are so many young and brilliant foreign university students attending...


The 7th Hour Section of 36th International Fajr Film Festival Kicked off in Tehran

  The 7th Hour section of the 36th edition of the international Fajr film festival kicked off on April 17th in Charsou complex in Tehran.   This section of the festival designed for middle...


Meet the Jury in Fajr

International Competition (Cinema Salvation) Jury Giovanni Spagnoletti Born in Milan, 12/02/1949, Giovanni SPAGNOLETTI studied in Rome and at the “Freie Universität” in Berlin and received a...


Fajr International Film Festival responsibility is to gather all artists seeking freedom for all

Iranian officials including the Head of Iranian Cinema Organization,  Mohammad  Mehdi Heidarian Visited the opening day of the 36th edition of Fajr international film festival kicked off today in...


Jean-Pierre Léaud to attend 2018 Fajr International Film Festival

French actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, best known for Francois Truffaut’s 400 Blows and Jean Luc Godard’s Masculin Feminin, is heading his way to help celebrate the 36th edition of Fajr International Film...


The 2018 Fajr International Film Festival has announced the lineup for its Cinema Salvation (International Competition) program

At a press conference in Tehran on Wednesday, Festival Director Reza Mirkarimi said 12 foreign films and 3 Iranian films will be shown. Here are all the feature-length titles screening: A Call to...


Oliver Stone to Attend 2018 Fajr International Film Festival

  Acclaimed American director, screenwriter and producer, three-times Oscar winner, Oliver Stone is scheduled to attend the 2018 Fajr International Film Festival.   Festival Director Reza...


Oscar Contender Song of Granite to Compete at 2018 FIFF

Pat Collins’ Song of Granite, about the life of folk singer Joe Heaney, which was Ireland’s selection for best foreign-language film at the 2018 Academy Awards, will screen in the International...