TEHRAN-Nineteen movies from Iran will go to the 17th Sofia MENAR Film Festival, which will be kept in the capital of Bulgaria from January 17 to 30.
The Iranian films will be screened in different areas consisting of the Main Program, MENART Biting Docs, Short Film Selection, and Exclusive: Iranian Films on 35 mm, Mehr reported.The Main Program section will reveal 6 films from Iran including In the Arms of the Tree written and directed by Babak Khadjepasha, Little White Fish by Mohammad Wahaj and Mohammad Abdollahi, Maestro by Emad Hosseini, Green Plum Season by Ali Bayat, This Controllable Crowd by Mohammad Ojani, Soodabeh by Mohammad Ali Sajjadi.There will be 8 Iranian movies in the Short Film Selection including Son by Saman Hosseinpour, Footprint by Mustafa Alami, The School Principal by Mikaeel Dayani, Penniless Cinema by Ali Arefnasab, Provided by Soheil Rahimi, Boycott by Amin Rafiee, Dombra Scream by Ghiam Shirazi, and The Wild Man by Mohammad Reza Maei.Broken Bones by Alireza Memariani will be the only Iranian film displayed in the MENART Biting Docs section.Exclusive: Iranian Films on 35 mm is the unique section of the upcoming edition of the celebration, which will evaluate 4 well-known movies by two globally-renowned filmmakers Majid Majidi and Reza Mirkarimi.The area will show The Color of Paradise and Baran are the 2 movies by Majidi as well as So Close, So Far and As Simple as That by Mirkarimi.Sofia MENAR Film Festival makes Bulgarian audiences knowledgeable about the culture and customs of the Islamic world.
The program of the festival provides the very best of the West, East, and Central Asia and North African cinema productions, including function films, documentaries, and short projects.A lot of accompanying occasions are organized within the frames of the festival.
These events are especially selected and bound up with the countries of the area, representing the customs and customs of the ethnic groups that inhabit its lands.The festival is held every year in January.
MENAR is arranged by Pozor as one-of-a-kind Balkans biggest cultural event representing the Muslim world and its traditions.With its 16 editions from 2009 to 2024, the festival has provided more than 1,000 titles to the Bulgarian audience film productions shot in Asia and Africa.The term MENAR, for Middle East and North Africa Region, is an acronym frequently used to cover a substantial location, stretching from Morocco to Iran, consisting of most of both West Asian and Maghreb countries.Moreover, menar in the Arabic language implies lighthouse, light tower, or guiding light.
It has actually entered use in the Bulgarian language, by methods of Ottoman Turkish language by way of minare word, suggesting the tower, which illuminates the path.SS/ SAB