www.chnpress.com The Iran International Documentary Film Festival or Cinema Verite will be held form 15 to 19th October 2007 in Tehran. The festival which is organized by Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) will try to bring the relationship between reality and truth into light through documentary movies.
Iran International Documentary Film Festival will consist of several sections including: national competition, international competition, tribute, retrospective, panorama, and documentary market.
The international competition will consist of two sections including the film and videos up to 60 minutes, and the films and videos longer than 60 minutes.
In non-competitive section, documentaries in all lengths, formats and subjects which have been produced before 2005 will participate in tribute, retrospective and panorama sections.
Subjects of tributes section will consist of documentaries about the life and works of Jalale-e Din Mevlana Mohammad Rumi Balkhi, Persian famous poet; as well as documentaries about Africa, its beauty and pain.
Retrospective will consist of East and Identity, in which identity of eastern countries and their role in civilization, culture and art of the world in the course of history will be shown through documentary movies. In South-North section, the deepening gap between northern and southern countries, despite of theory of globalization will be shown.
Documentary market is allocated to Iranian documentaries which will provide a good opportunity for international distributors, buyers, festival and TV representative to see recent Iranian documentaries.
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