TEHRAN,
Dec. 26 (Mehr News Agency) -- Some 105
foreign movies from 50 countries will go on screen at the International Section
of the Fajr International Film Festival
to be held from February 1 to 11, 2009 at various Tehran theaters.
Some 12 documentaries, 12 films of today's world, 11 Asian
films, 8 Iraqi documentaries and 19 short films will go on display during the
festival.
The festival will also hold seven subsidiary sections for those
foreign films that are accepted at the International Section but are censored
for more than one minute.
"411-Z" by Dániel Erdélyi, "Blind Man's Eyes" by John Ince, "Majidee"
by Azharr Rudin, "My Father is sleeping" by Grzegorz Muskala, and "Finnish
Tango" by Buket Alakus are among the short films.
Several countries including France, China, United States,
Poland, Turkey, Mexico, Japan, Brazil, Spain and Russia will take part in the
festival. The complete list of films will be announced next week.
Fajr filmfest to honor Amitabh Bachchan
TEHRAN,
Dec. 26 (Mehr News Agency) --
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan will be honored by the Fajr International Film
Festival in February.
