INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- The Guard , a telefilm whose manufacturers declare is questioning about peoples social and political rights, has been picked as
finest at the 13th Ammar Popular Film Festival.Directed by Hamid Bayat, the story of the film focuses on the problems following a security
guard at a funfair chooses to state his candidateship for membership in the city council
The closing event of the celebration, which was launched in 2010 to honor advanced films, was held at Tehrans Felestin Cinema on Thursday
Asma directed by Mostafa Aqmohammadlu was selected as best short
The film informs the story of a popular nurse who makes sacrifices to revive a newborn to life
No winner was announced for the television series category, while Mr
Judge by Sajjad Mehregan was awarded an honorable mention.This series represents some real legal cases on public issues fictionalized by 12
The Lantern for best documentary went to New Jersey by Ali Zoheiri.Several other movies were also granted in the sideline area of the
celebration, which also paid tribute to its former president, Nader Talebzadeh, who died in April 2022
Hajji Nader was the sole person I knew in my life, whose behavior was more eloquent than his words, brand-new celebration president
Edgardo Robin, who is an Argentinean Muslim cleric, stated in a short speech after calling Talebzade his spiritual daddy
He likewise explained Talebzadeh as a charismatic figure who might even draw in people, which protested him ideologically
The festival also honored filmmaker Jamal Shurjeh, who is experiencing a brain illness
When he was working I was his 2nd assistant, and aside from filmmaking, I was learning lessons on faith, morality, and sacrifice from him,
stated Cinema Organization of Iran director Mohammad Khazaei
We wish his health and hope he would go back to work; he is a role model for those in more youthful generation, who are operating in the
transformations cinema, he added.Sitting in his wheelchair, Shurjeh thanked the organizers and said, I hope the festival would take in all
the world, and Iranian movie theater would take pleasure in a lofty international status so that other nations covet us
Shurjeh is most famous for his films on the 1980-1988 Iran-Iraq war, nevertheless, he was picked for his collaboration as an assistant
director in The Men of Angelos and Prophet Joseph (AS)
He is likewise the director of 33 Days , a movie on the Israeli 33-Day War of 2006 against Lebanon, and Ahmed Bey about the last Ottoman
Bey who ruled Algiers throughout the 19th century.Photo: Director Jamal Shurjeh (C) accepts an award for his lifetime accomplishment
throughout the 13th Ammar Popular Film Festival at Tehrans Felestin Cinema on January 12, 2023
(Mehr/Saeidreza Razavi)MMS/YAW
