Masoud Amini Tirani On the Elimination of a Number of Short Films From the Tehran Film Festival<\/span><\/p>\n

This year, several short films picked by the selection committee of the 35th Tehran Film Festival, have not been granted screening permits from the Inspection and Grading Board of the Cinema Organization of Iran. I know where these inspectors \u201cgot the right\u201d to do such a thing. They\u2019re selected and appointed by the Cinema Org and the Inspection Board, but I don\u2019t understand where they got the qualifications to do so. I don\u2019t know and I don\u2019t understand that based on what religious, conventional or occupational law or what virtue they give themselves the right to a say. I don\u2019t know and I don\u2019t understand how they\u2019ve realized they can decide what\u2019s good for me, but I can\u2019t decide for myself!<\/span><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t understand how they\u2019ve determined: peers and enthusiasts watching short films at a festival where at best there\u2019d be 1000 of them, is not good for them. That how can there be so many meaningless and subpar movies and series (where any awful and vulgar joke goes and hurts our mental and spiritual wellbeing) that have the right to be screened for millions of people, but a handful of short films don\u2019t get the chance for these limited screenings. What do they consider virtuous? And whose good are they trying to determine? What merits or transgressions are in the screenings of a handful of short films at festivals where enthusiasts gather?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I wish at least these good sirs would take a look at the permit guidelines of previous years and tell us why some of these films did get permits before and what change in the rules has caused them not to get those permits this year.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is a collective wish of short filmmakers to want films screened at festivals under the supervision and responsibility of the festival director. Festivals aren\u2019t nationwide screenings that would need the supervision of the Inspection Board. They\u2019re a place for sharing and rating technical, artistic and communicative achievements of the short film community. As a member of the IYCS festival guideline council, I am sorry that we couldn\u2019t hold up against the righteousness these sirs determine despite our efforts, negotiations and pleading, and the chance to screen several good films wasn\u2019t provided. But, I do know and Understand that their problem isn\u2019t cinema\u2019s present; It\u2019s its future they\u2019re afraid of, so we will keep marching to the same beat<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Masoud Amini Tirani On the Elimination of a Number of Short Films From the Tehran Film Festival This year, several short films picked by the selection committee of the 35th Tehran Film Festival, have not been granted screening permits from the Inspection and Grading Board of the Cinema Organization of Iran. I know where these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":82,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[27],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n