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20th Fajr International Film Festival

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Gönül DönmezColin

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

kinema a journal for film and audiovisual media

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2562-5764

pISSN - 1192-6252

DOI - 10.15353/kinema.vi.986

Subject(s) - pledge , beijing , midnight , advertising , brother , art history , media studies , art , history , visual arts , political science , law , sociology , business , china , physics , astronomy

Attending Tehran's Fajr Film Festival for the first time, particularly if this is a first visit to Iran is a source of excitement (and anxiety) even for a seasoned festival-goer and foreign traveller. Excited to know more about the film industry of a country that is on the map of every festival, anxious about the visa and the hejab, the head scarf which is obligatory for all women including foreigners, I arrived after midnight at the Tehran airport to a most warm welcome. This friendly but at the same time very professional atmosphere would continue throughout my stay.The festival celebrated its twentieth anniversary (February 1-11, 2002) with sections such as the International Competition (The Son's Room, Brother, Beijing Bicycle, No Man's Land, Slogans, The Pledge to name a few films); Festival of Festivals (Traffic, The Skulls, Donnie Brasco); Special screenings (Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures, Apocalypse Now, Polish Gems);...

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