TEHRAN- Mehrdad Oskui, the Iranian director of the acclaimed documentary “Sunless Shadows”, will be holding a workshop at the 17th edition of Iran International Documentary Film Festival Cinéma Vérité, which will be held in Tehran from December 18 to 23.

In the workshop titled "Remote Documentary Filmmaking," Oskui will impart his valuable experiences in the art of filmmaking to the attendees, ILNA reported on Saturday. 

Several workshops are planned to be held during this edition of the festival, focusing on documentary, experimental, and animation cinema with the participation of Iranian and international experts, covering various topics, the report added. 

Oskui is the director of a number of award-winning documentaries including “My Mother’s Home, Lagoon”, “Nose, Iranian Style”, “Sunless Shadows”, “Starless Dreams” and “The Other Side of Burkha”.  

He has won several awards for his films at Iranian and international festivals.

The 17th Cinéma Vérité will be organized by the Documentary & Experimental Film Center (DEFC). It aims to represent the history and culture of Iranian Islamic society and present a real picture of what human is facing today in his/her individual and social life through documentary films.

With this objective, the special focus of this edition of the festival is on two national and international challenges: the water crisis and population issues.

A total of 2,454 documentaries from around the world have been submitted to the event including 615 works are from Iran and 1,839 foreign documentaries from Turkey, China, the U.K., Russia, Poland, Spain, Egypt, Argentina, Indonesia, and Germany among others.

Photo: Iranian filmmaker Mehrdad Oskui in an undated photo.

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