Source: Mehr News Agency, Tehran; photos by Raouf Mohseni
The 28th Fajr International Film Festival kicked off at Tehran's Milad Tower
Saturday evening in the absence of movies stars and prominent Iranian filmmakers.
Celebrated filmmaker Ebrahim Hatamikia whose "Color of Purple" premiered at
the festival on Sunday morning was seen among the guests of honor on the opening
night.
Ebrahim Hatamikia
The film, which tells the story of a romance between an Iranian intelligence
agent and the daughter of an opposition group leader, was withdrawn from the
screening schedule of the 23rd Fajr International Film Festival 2005 by
Hatamikia due to objections from the Intelligence Ministry. But the Ministry of
Culture and Islamic Guidance lifted the ban on screening for this year's event.
Other lesser known guests of the ceremony were Shabnam Qolikhani, Morteza
Razzaq-Karimi, Mahvash Vaqari, Amir Esfandiari, and Esmaeil Soltanian.
Afterwards, the names and memory of deceased individuals from the past year were
remembered, among them were Masud Rassam, Niku Kheradmand, Parvin Soleimani,
Peyman Abadi, Jamshid Layeq and Amir Qavidel.
Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad Hosseini, Deputy Culture
Minister for Cinematic Affairs Javad Shamaqdari, and Festival secretary Mehdi
Masudshahi each made short speeches at the ceremony.
Veteran film dubber Ali Kasmaii, founder of Iran's first color film
laboratory Ebrahim Rezaii, and veteran sound recorder Asghar Shahverdi who is
suffering in the aftermath of an accident while returning home from being on
location in Northern Iran, were among those honored during the ceremony.
Ali Kasmaii
Asghar Shahverdi
Ebrahim Rezaii
Actor Dariush Arjmand, sound recorder Es'haq Khanzadi, war photojournalist
and documentarian Reza Borji, and cameraman Mohammad-Taqi Paksima were also
among those who were honored.
Dariush Arjmand
Eshaq Khanzadi
Reza Borji
Comedian Alireza Khamseh, one of the presenters at the opening gala, once again
reminded the organizers that he is still waiting to receive the Pride car
awarded to him last year for the Best Supporting Actor Crystal Simorgh for his
serious role in "Twenty".
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