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Iran's Fajr Film Festival a Genuine Event: Lebanese Juror

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25 Apr 2019, 16:13 GMT+10

The Senegalese-Lebanese juror of the 37th International Fajr Film Festival says the atmosphere of the event shows we are dealing with a festival that is genuine and does its job well.

Ghassan Salhab, who is a juror of the First Films section of this years Fajr Festival in Tehran, says the character of Iranian filmmakers and the quality of their films keep him interested in Irans cinema.



Here is an interview conducted with him:

A: This is the first day I'm here and I've only watched three movies but the festival's atmosphere and the quality of the films I saw prove that we are dealing with a genuine festival; a festival that does its job in the best way possible. Fajr has been held for 37 editions and has a good reputation. I knew Fajr Festival before it screened my first feature film 21 years ago.

A: The Iranian cinema is my favourite and I've always been engaged with it. The Iranian cinema is serious and we can clearly see a great communication between the audience and the cinema.

A: Two films were very good but I cant name them since I'm a jury member. When I looked at the list of the movies, I realised that most films are Asian and that's normal.

I think one of the reasons for the absence of Western films is the stupid US sanctions and the Western countries irrational compliance. Of course, I was a little bit surprised because there are not many films from the countries of East Asia such as Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

Anyway, I'm so glad to be here, because I'm essentially a curios person and I'm very eager to see the different parts of the world and of course, I was always keen on visiting Iran.

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