11 Iranian films, series to compete in Romanian festival Simfest
TEHRAN-The 21st International Film and Television Festival Simfest that will be held from September 30 to October 6 in Tirgu Mureș, Romania, will host 11 films and series from Iran.
The Iranian films and series will be screened in five different sections of the Romanian festival, Honaronline reported.
In the Feature Films section, “Little White Fish” directed by Mohammad Ali Wahaj will be shown. “Ali vs. Ali” by Alireza Rofougaran will take part in the Documentaries section.
The Short Movies section will screen five films from Iran including “A Pleasant Conversation” by Amir Hasanbeik, “The Wall” by Arezoo Monfared and Yaser Falahati, “Electron” by Mehran Ranjbar, “Nietzschean Suicide” by Payam Kordestani, and “We” by Sara Bahramjahan.
Two movies will participate in the Student Project Fictions section, namely “Anarchy” by Majid Kazemi and “Hearse” by Solmaz Etemad.
Moreover, two series “The Asphalt Jungle” by Pejman Theymourtash and “Accomplice” by Maziar Miri two series will take part in the Entertainment section.
Simfest is a film and TV festival – competition, the only one of its kind in Romania and one of the few in Europe. It is organized every year by Simfest Cultural Association, which supports and promotes the creators in visual arts. SIMFEST stands for professionalism and for the freedom of expression of the journalists and the media producers. The festival promotes, at the same time, local journalism and community mass-media.
It is a complex manifestation for electronic media. It is the annual meeting point of the film’s and TV’s world specialists from Romania and, in the last years, from all of the world, of students, independent producers, and of media enthusiasts. It is a competition that is designed to find and form values and talents, to give them the needed validation and for connecting them with the medium in which they can develop. It is a competition and, at the same time, a media school and a cultural event.
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