http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/15thFestival Sun, 19 May 2024 09:24:27 GMT /skins/default/en/15festival/ch01_newsfeed_logo.gif http://old.irandocfest.ir/ 100 70 en Copyright© Irandocfest.ir, all rights reserved Sun, 19 May 2024 09:24:27 GMT The 15th Festival 60 http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8642/iran-s-cinema-verite-short-documentaries-of-international-section-announced The films are as follows: -"The Fantastic" from Finland  -" My Country So Beautiful" from Poland -"Spirits and Rocks: an Azorean Myth" from Switzerland - "STORGETNYA" from France - "We Have One Heart" from Poland - "The game" from Switzerland - "I Don't Feel At Home Anywhere Anymore" from Belgium - "The Hole's Journey" from The Netherlands - "In Flow of Words" from the Netherlands - "Imagining My Father" from Denmark - "A Year in Exile" from Turkey Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.   ]]> The 15th Festival Sat, 27 Nov 2021 06:36:55 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8642/iran-s-cinema-verite-short-documentaries-of-international-section-announced http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8641/iran-s-cinema-verite-medium-length-documentaries-films-announced The films are as follows: -"The Wheel" from Mongolia - "ULTIMINA" from Italia - "Oh Dear Sara", a joint production of Spain, Serbia, and Norway - "One image, Two acts" from Canada - " Altered States of Consciousness" from Poland - "Landscape zero" from Croatia -"Rhythms of Lost Time" from Tajikistan Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.   ]]> The 15th Festival Sat, 27 Nov 2021 06:25:13 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8641/iran-s-cinema-verite-medium-length-documentaries-films-announced http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8639/top-portuguese-artist-iranian-filmmakers-well-known-in-portugal In an interview with the media headquarter of the 15th edition of the Cinéma Vérité Festival, he said:" There is of course still a long way to go especially in what concerns newcomers and we at Doclisboa are very attentive to what is being done in Iran. Participating at a festival like Cinéma Vérité is also a way to strengthen these bridges, and we would only wish that we could be there in person to meet all of those attending the festival. He added that at Doclisboa we don't have one focus within the programme, we like to think of the programme as many entrance doors. I can highlight some of them. In the 19th edition of Doclisboa, which ran from 21st to 31st October 2021, we presented complete retrospectives of two filmmakers we profoundly admire: Cecilia Mangini and Ulrike Ottinger. Both of them made films through the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of this one, but in such different ways that having the two retrospectives together allowed to shine a light on the diversity that cinema can bring us into a complex understanding of our times. He added that the Cecilia Mangini filmed Italy, the struggles of the Italian people, filmed loveو fighting, and emancipation. Ulrike Ottinger filmed fairy tales in a way that they became fictional spaces for the experimentation of ideas that we can only imagine, and she traveled so much with her camera, especially through Asia where her free spirit loved and depicted the arts of these places into her films. "In Nebulae, the industry space of Doclisboa, Croatia was invited country. This allowed a lot of filmmakers and producers from the country to bring their ideas for developing films to Lisbon, while we were screening films from the School of Dramatic Arts from Zagreb since the 70s until today." He added that "Nebulae is a space designed for the industry attending the festival, a place where we foster the development of films and ideas in an informal but highly participative atmosphere. Here you can find pitching sessions, encounters with people from all fields of action, debates, and talks on subjects that matter to all of us - from creation to funding, from curation to archive. All the activities at Nebulae are open to the audience as we also want to maintain an open debate and involve all of those interested in discussing what we are doing and how we are doing it." Commenting on the similarities between the two countries' cinema industries, he added that Portuguese and Iranian filmographies are quite different, but there's something that we can see in both: cinema as a way to get closer. In both countries there are difficulties in production, there is a growing cinema community and a lot of passion put into every film that is made. I also take this chance to invite all to think of further similarities while watching the 3 Portuguese films we are showing in the Doclisboa programme at Cinéma Vérité. Born in Lisbon, Portugal, Miguel Ribeiro studied Science of Communication, at the New University of Lisbon. Joined Doclisboa - International Film Festival in 2012 as programmer and Programme Coordinator. Since 2020, he forms part of the direction of Doclisboa. He is also currently a member of the executive board of Apordoc - The Portuguese Documentary Association.  Through several collaborations, Miguel has developed a series of curatorial programmes between film, performance, and visual arts and is a regular presence in panels, talks, and festival juries. The top documents of the Portugal Doclisboa International Film Festival will be displayed in the 15th edition of the Cinéma Vérité Festival in Iran. "Breeding Ground" directed by Pedro Filipe Marques, "Earth" directed by Hiroatsu Suzuki, Rossana Torres, "Perpetual Person", directed by Javier Bellido Valdivia, "Rio Torto", directed by Mário Veloso is among the top films of  Doclisboa International Film Festival which will be displayed in the festival. Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.     ]]> The 15th Festival Sat, 27 Nov 2021 05:43:01 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8639/top-portuguese-artist-iranian-filmmakers-well-known-in-portugal http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8635/top-films-of-portugal-doclisboa-int-l-filmfest-to-be-displayed-in-iran-s-cinéma-vérité The top documents of the Portugal Doclisboa International Film Festival will be displayed in the 15th edition of the Cinéma Vérité Festival in Iran. "Breeding Ground" directed by Pedro Filipe Marques, "Earth" directed by Hiroatsu Suzuki, Rossana Torres, "Perpetual Person", directed by Javier Bellido Valdivia, "Rio Torto", directed by Mário Veloso is among the top films of  Doclisboa International Film Festival which will be displayed in the festival. Doclisboa International Film Festival is being held on last October each year. The festival seeks to imagine reality through new cinematic forms of perception, reflection, and action, placing filmmaking into dialogue with its history to question the present of cinema. Doclisboa is interested in films that are rigorous about their conceptual and formal implications; films that experiment with cinema’s artistic and political possibilities and refuse to be categorized; films that engage with and mirror the complexity of the world. It also offers a ground where cinema and the contemporary are investigated as acts of being together in, and with, time. Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.   ]]> The 15th Festival Mon, 22 Nov 2021 06:22:58 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8635/top-films-of-portugal-doclisboa-int-l-filmfest-to-be-displayed-in-iran-s-cinéma-vérité http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8634/which-filmmakers-have-been-honored-in-cinéma-vérité-festival-so-far In different periods of the Cinéma Vérité Festival, some great documentary filmmakers have been honored for a lifetime of artistic activity;  acclaimed people such as Nasser Taghvaei, Manouchehr Tayab, and Khosrow Sinaei, etc whose names have always been on the tongues. Cinéma Vérité festival is approaching its 15th edition, and in this period, as in previous periods, some well-known figures of documentary cinema will be honored. Looking at the previous fourteen periods of cinema, we will see that, apart from the first period, various documentarians were honored in other periods. Richard Likak, the world's oldest documentary filmmaker, was awarded the Honorary Cinema Medal at the second edition of the festival, but the Turquoise Medal was awarded to Iranian filmmakers from the third edition, and Manouchehr Tayab won the award for a lifetime of continuous and effective activity in the field of documentary cinema. Khosrow Sinaei and Morteza Shabani were two documentarians who were honored for their activities at the 4th edition of the event.  In the fifth period, Hossein Torabi and Farhad Varhram were praised, and in the sixth period, no commemoration ceremony was held. Nasser Taghvaei and Seyyed Hassan Bani Hashemi were two filmmakers who were honored for their lifetime of artistic activity at the 7th Cinéma Vérité Festival.  In the eighth period, a commemoration ceremony was held for Zavan Ghokasian, Reza Mohiman, and Mahmoud Kiani-Falavarjani. But in the ninth period, a commemoration ceremony was held for Mohammad Reza Moghaddassian and Morteza Nedayi, two late documentary filmmakers who had died sometime before the festival.  Of course, in the eighth period, when Morteza Nedayi was sick, a part was considered to appreciate this filmmaker.  His son Saba Nedayi took the stage and played a piece by Abolhassan Khan Saba, his father's favorite artist, which expressed the audience's feelings. Hamid Eslami and Manouchehr Asgari Nasab, along with a group of Kermani documentarians, were honored at the 10th Cinéma Vérité Festival.  Of course, at the closing ceremony, Professor Freilinger, who had helped the chemical wounded during the Iran-Iraq war, was also honored. In the 11th edition of the festival, a celebration was held for Mostafa Razzaq Karimi and Saadat Ali Saeedpour.  In the commemoration ceremony of the 12th festival, which was on the eve of the 40th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic Revolution, the Turquoise Medal was awarded to Hossein Torabi and Manouchehr Moshiri for their artistic activities. In the 13th edition of this cinematic event, Ahmad Zabeti Jahromi and Manouchehr Tayab were honored.  During this period, the festival secretary also praised Nasser Zouri, the character of "Mehmanshahr", Mohsen Islamzadeh, the director of the documentary "Life Between War Flags" and the first character of "Lady Esmat", who is the mother of 5 martyrs. Three pioneering documentarians of Iranian documentary cinema, including Kamran Shirdel, Mahvash Sheikhalaslami, and Farshad Fadaian, were honored at the 14th edition of the festival. Also during this period, several commemoration ceremonies were held for the recently deceased documentarians Manouchehr Tayab, Akbar Alemi, Khosrow Sinaei, and Hamid Soheili.   ]]> The 15th Festival Mon, 22 Nov 2021 04:49:43 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8634/which-filmmakers-have-been-honored-in-cinéma-vérité-festival-so-far http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8629/palestine-lebanon-syria-keen-on-participating-in-15th-edition-of-the-cinéma-vérité-festival The advisor of the CEO of the Center for the Development of Documentary and Experimental Cinema Seyyed Ahad Mikaeilzadeh expressed the desire of the resistance-oriented countries to attend the festival and show Iranian and foreign works in these countries. He added that: "Gaza, Syria, and Lebanon cultural and artistic centers have expressed their desire to participate in the festival. These countries tend to show different sections, workshops, including Martyr Avini and Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award. He continued: "Iranian cinema is pervasive and effective in the world and has the potential to become a factor for actions in the field of international relations."  "The cinema of the Islamic Revolution has an irreplaceable role in the international arena.  Therefore, the Verite Cinema is developing along with fiction cinema and is one of the priorities of the cultural sphere of the system." Cinema, as a source of power generation, has a significant role in identifying and raising human issues and moral, cultural, and identity virtues of our region. Mikaelzadeh added: "Achieving common concepts and conveying them to the audience of the region and the international arena in documentary cinema can be a platform for interactions and attracting an audience that is thirsty to see and hear the truth." Mikaelzadeh added: "We hope to be able to display the works of the festival in Gaza, Damascus, and Beirut."  Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format. Source:Tasnim News Agency   ]]> The 15th Festival Wed, 17 Nov 2021 08:22:28 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8629/palestine-lebanon-syria-keen-on-participating-in-15th-edition-of-the-cinéma-vérité-festival http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8622/the-call-for-specialized-workshops-of-the-15th-verite-film-festival-to-be-announced-soon Seyed Majid Rahimi said: "We are coordinating with several Iranian and foreign filmmakers for holding such meetings." Rahimi said: "The topic of these workshop seminars will be determined in consultation with the coaches of these sessions." He added that documentary filming, crisis documentary, hybrid documentary, filmmaking and documentary editing and… are some of the topics of the master classes of this edition of the festival. Rahimi stated that registration for specialized workshops will begin soon on the festival portal, adding: "Due to the spread of the Coronavirus, the workshops will be held online as it was last year."  Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani Award, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.   ]]> The 15th Festival Mon, 15 Nov 2021 09:10:57 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8622/the-call-for-specialized-workshops-of-the-15th-verite-film-festival-to-be-announced-soon http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8602/martyred-lieutenant-general-qassem-soleimani-award-in-15th-cinéma-vérité-festival In the last edition of the festival in 2020, the Special Jury Award of Iran's Martyred Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani went to Sasan Falahfar for "Iranian Eye" In the closing ceremony of 14th edition of the festival, the director of Cinéma Vérité festival Mohammad Hamidi Moqaddam underscored that the Award of Iran's Martyred Lieutenant General Qassem Soleimani aimed at commemorating this "respected martyr". Presided by Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop, and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.     ]]> The 15th Festival Thu, 11 Nov 2021 06:21:06 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8602/martyred-lieutenant-general-qassem-soleimani-award-in-15th-cinéma-vérité-festival http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8598/martyr-avini-prize-in-15th-cinéma-vérité-festival The award has been established by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), which is the main organizer of the festival, to commemorate the martyr Morteza Avini, the writer and documentarian who chronicled the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war known as the Sacred Defense in Iran. Avini, the acclaimed documentarian who was martyred by a landmine in 1993 when he was making a documentary about soldiers who were still listed as missing in action in the former Iran-Iraq war zone in southwestern Iran. Avini rose to fame for “The Narration of Triumph”. He was considered a “master of martyred writers” by his colleagues and war veterans due to the fervent narrations he wrote for his documentaries. Presided by Mohammad Hamidi-Moqadam, the 15th edition of “Cinema Verite” is slated to be held in Tehran from Dec 6-16, 2021. The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop and Doc Market. Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.   ]]> The 15th Festival Tue, 09 Nov 2021 12:17:56 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8598/martyr-avini-prize-in-15th-cinéma-vérité-festival http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8597/tehran-to-host-cinema-verite-presided-by-hamidi-moqadam The Documentary and Experimental Film Centre (DEFC) organizes the annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival. The festival showcases the very best of the documentary world in an attempt to bridge the gap between reality and truth. The festival has several sections including National, International, Martyr Avini Prize, Special Screenings, Portrait, Mirror of a festival, Focus on a country, Panorama, Workshop and Doc Market. The international competition consists of three sections including Up to 40 minutes (Short Competition Section), 40 to 60 minutes (Mid-Length Competition Section) and 60 minutes and up (Full-Length Competition Section). The international Jury will award the following prizes:  1. Best Full-Length Documentary, longer than 60 minutes, cash prize, Diploma, and trophy of the festival. 2. Best Mid-Length Documentary, 40 to 60 minutes, cash prize, Diploma, and trophy of the festival. 3. Best Short documentary to 40 minutes, cash prize, Diploma and trophy of the festival. 4. Special Jury prize: cash prize, Diploma, and trophy of the festival.   Due to the spread of Coronavirus, this edition of the festival will be held in online and remote format.   ]]> The 15th Festival Tue, 09 Nov 2021 05:07:42 GMT http://old.irandocfest.ir/en/news/8597/tehran-to-host-cinema-verite-presided-by-hamidi-moqadam