360 foreign guests to attend 35th Fajr Int'l Film Festival

EghtesadOnline: Three hundred and sixty foreign participants will attend the 35th Fajr International Film Festival (FIFF), Secretary of the event Reza Mirkarimi said while stressing that the Iranian Cinema is one of the most important ones in the world.

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13 April 2017

“Therefore, we want to have the best film festival in the world,” Mirkarimi continued.

We should turn Fajr Film Festival to a major event in Asia in midterm and in the end to one of the most significant festivals in the world, he also said.

“I have to say that we host 360 foreign attendees, including the countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia and this figure has been doubled comparing to that of last year,” he added while referring to the recent US travel ban imposed on some countries, including Iran.

According to IRNA, the 35th Fajr International Film Festival is due to be held on April 21-28.