34th Intl. Film Festival for Children and Youth underway in Iran

Saman Kojouri

Press TV, Tehran

The 34th edition of the International Film Festival for Children and Youth is underway in Iran with around 600 films from 32 countries having entered the contest.

The motto of this year’s festival is “Cinema, the Land of Imagination”. In the national section, some 440 films from Iranian movie makers have been submitted to the secretariat of the festival, including 248 short, 119 short animated, 30 feature-length, and 14 feature films, 12 web series, and also 19 corona-narrations.

The foreign films include 32 animated and 30 feature-length movies from 32 countries as well as 56 short movies, including 21 short animated and 35 short feature films. The movies have been screened in two cities, Tehran and Isfahan, both in an online format and in theaters in compliance with the health protocols.

Several platforms including Hashur, Tiwa and Filimo will display the films, and the online audiences can watch the works on these three online platforms. Children’s movies are an excellent tool to educate them. Help children learn different cultures and teach them history and show them how to think all in a simple and entertaining way.

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