TEHRAN -- The Cinema Organization of Iran (COI) plans to slim down the departments working at the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCF), whose main mission is to coordinate the screening of Iranian films at international events.
The foundation’s mission will be limited to approving scripts and providing facilities for producing certain films, a member of the FCF Board of Trustees, Mahmud Azizi, told the Persian service of ISNA on Monday.
The FCF will be managed by the Board of Trustees, which is composed of nine members, including COI Director Hojjatollah Ayyubi.
Mohammadreza Jafari-Jelveh, who is currently in charge of the FCF, has recently been proposed for a key administration post in Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting.
Ayyubi previously said that all FCF’s international tasks will be entrusted to COI’s Visual Media Institute, which provides films and series for distribution on the home video network.
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