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TEHRAN – The 8th Cinéma Vérité, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, will open in Tehran today.
Over 30 films by directors from 23 countries will compete in the three categories of short, mid-length and feature length documentaries of the festival.
The feature-length films are “Ariel” directed by Laura Bari from Canada, “The Story of Mr. Love” by Dagmar Smrzova from Czech, “From the Depths” by Valentina Pedicini from Italy and “Casse” by Nadège Trebal from France.
“Two Raging Grannies” by Håvard Bustnes from Norway, “Frozen Man” by Carolina Campo Lupo from Uruguay, “Men with Balls” by Kristóf Kovács from Hungary and “The Man Who Made Angels Fly” by Wiktoria Szymanska from Poland will compete in this section.
Thirteen short films will also be screened at the festival.
“The Last Days of Peter Bergmann” directed by Ciaran Cassidy from Ireland, “The Lion’s Mouth Opens” by Lucy Walker from U.S. and “Behind the Wheel” by Elise Laker from Britain are among the films.
The festival will also screen nine mid-length films, including “Winter” by Cristina Picchi from Russia, “Taxiway” by Alicia Harrison from France and “Verdade 12.528” by Paula Sacchetta and Peu Robles from Brazil.
Iranian documentarian Kamran Shirdel, Australia’s World Congress of Science and Factual Producers editorial director Alison Leigh and Polish filmmaker Pawel Lozinski are the members of the jury for the feature length documentary section.
The members of the jury for the mid-length and short film sections are Iranian filmmaker Mahvash Sheikholeslami, Italian film critic Giona Antonio Nazzaro and Egyptian critic Yakout El-Deeb.
A group of world-renowned film experts and documentarians are scheduled to hold workshops during the 8th edition of Cinéma Vérité, the Iranian international festival for documentary films, in Tehran.
However, the American film critic Bill Nichols and U.S.-based Iranian scholar Hamid Naficy have cancelled their trips to Tehran due to personal problems, the organizers announced on Saturday.
Nichols and Naficy were to hold workshops during the festival.
Truls Lie from Norway, Heddy Honigmann from the Netherlands and Itsushi Kawase from Japan is scheduled to hold workshops during the Cinéma Vérité in Tehran.
A large number of documentaries from across the world are scheduled to be screened at the week-long Cinéma Vérité festival.
Organized by Iran’s Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), the festival runs until December 7.
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