‘Pakol’ is the story of Amir whose view toward his routine life has changed. Other high-profile actors are expected to join the project within the next few It is the second feature by Esmaeili, following his 2020 debut, ‘Maman Mahshid’. Iranian actor Ahmad Mehranfar has landed the leading role in a second joint-production between Iran and Afghanistan.ĭirected by Iranian filmmaker Navid Esmaeili, ‘Pakol’ is set to be submitted to the upcoming Fajr Film Festival in February, IRNA reported. The festival will end with the award ceremony at Tehran’s Iran Mall on October 24. The main focus at this year’s event will be on experimental cinema, said Mousavi, as it seeks to attract young and upcoming talents in this cinematic category. Mousavi said 20 webinars will be held through different platforms on the sidelines of the festival. The CEO of Iranian Youth Cinema Society added, “A total of 6,402 movies, from 128 countries, were submitted to the secretariat of the festival, while 1,775 Iranian shorts were also registered for competition.” The short film categories at the Oscars are Best Documentary Short Subject, Best Live Action Short Film, and Best Animated Short Film. Speaking at the opening ceremony, Seyyed Sadeq Mousavi, the secretary of the festival, said the TISFF has been approved by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a qualifying event for the short film categories at the Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, making the festival “the third in the Middle East and the seventh across Asia to achieve that feat,” Tasnim News Agency reported. Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) kicked off in the Iranian capital on Tuesday.
Norouzpour said that publishing news items in IRNA requires great attention, for this news agency has its special considerations, compared to other news agencies. Naderi stated that IRNA was a news agency for all three branches of the government.
The new managing director said that IRNA should help the administration execute its plans to give people hope. Naderi also touched on the domestic and international capacities of IRNA, noting that this capacity could provide the agency with a top position and restore its He said there should be some transition to synchronize the agency with the latest developments in technology, including modern social media. In his speech, Naderi pointed to IRNA’s long experience since its establishment in 1934, saying that the long experience along with competent human capital was IRNA’s greatest wealth, which makes great accomplishments feasible. In a decree on October 11, Esmaeili appointed Naderi as IRNA’s new managing director. The minister expressed appreciation for the efforts made by the former IRNA chief who was responsible for the agency since June 6, 2020. The ceremony was attended by the ministry and agency’s officials including the former IRNA chief, Mohammadreza Norouzpour, and a member of IRNA high council Sepehr Khalaji. In his induction ceremony, Naderi said that the agency’s strategy was the same as announced by the administration, i.e., promoting justice, fighting corruption and facilitating people’s livelihoods. IRNA must be active not only in the Iranian provinces throughout the country, but also in the international media, the minister said. IRNA must reach a powerful status, to which the audience would be attracted, Esmaeili noted. The minister added that IRNA needs to adapt its services to social media, adding that Naderi has a deep understanding of the new social media and news networks. He made the statement during the induction ceremony of IRNA’s new Managing Director Ali Naderi, held at the agency’s headquarters in Tehran on Tuesday. Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance Mohammad-Mehdi Esmaeili said that Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), as an exclusive news agency of the republic, must return to its original authority.