A meeting to brainstorm and introduce the judges of the 14th International Sports Film Festival was held at the National Olympic Committee, and it was attended by a group of filmmakers, artists, and NOC officials.
Iran NOC; Tehran: After speeches
made by the NOC President, Mr. Mahmoud Khosravi Vafa, Seyed Mojtaba Alavi, Secretary
of the Sports Film Festival and the representative of the International
Federation of Sports Film and Television in Iran, explained the latest status
of the 14th edition and the measures taken. He stated that so far, 630 productions
from 72 countries have been sent to the secretariat in different sections of
the festival, which indicated the positive reception from different countries,
and the credentials of the productions that have qualified for the competition
in the national and international sections will be announced soon.
The meeting was attended by
members of the jury in the film, documentary, short, etc. sections, who
presented their points of view, suggestions, and perspectives in the various
film, documentary, short, and especially cinema and sports sections. The
festival's jury appointment letters were presented to the judges in the
presence of the President and Secretary General of the National Olympic
Committee and Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmadi, Chairman of the Festival's Policy Making Council.
The Iran International Sports
Film Festival, as the exclusive representative of the International Federation
of Sports Films (FICTS), will be held by the National Olympic Committee and in
collaboration with the Ministry of Sports and Youth, the National Paralympic
Committee, Tehran Municipality, the Iranian Broadcasting Organization (IRIB),
and the Cinema Organization of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance in
December this year.