The Big Picture:
The annual film festival commemorates the Ten-Day Dawn celebrations, marking the return of Imam Khomeini to Iran and the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979. This year's festival theme is "mother," and the opening ceremony featured scenes from the film "Mother" by the late Iranian director Ali Hatami.
What They Are Saying:
Secretary of FIFF Manouchehr Shahsavari described the event as an opportunity for prominent figures in Iranian cinema to shine in the coming years.
Raaed Faridzadeh, the head of the Cinema Organization said that although cinema does not have a long history in the world and consequently in Iran, the world it was born into, the language it speaks, and the storytelling it does have been recognized by people.
Go Deeper:
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