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TEHRAN – Several of the leading Iranian and international documentary filmmakers and critics will hold online workshops and panel discussions during the 14th edition of Cinéma Vérité, Iran’s largest international documentary festival.
International figures include Betsy A. McLane, Bill Nichols and James Bertrand Longley, as well as famous Iranian documentary makers Mehrdad Oskui and Farhad Varahram.
Betsy A. McLane is the Director Emeritus of the International Documentary Association. He has taught film and documentary courses at Loyola Marymount University, University of Vermont, Emerson College, University of Southern California and California State University, San Bernadino, and Palm Desert Campus.
She was president of the University Film and Video Association and most recently served as project director for the American Documentary Showcase, a program of the US Department of State’s Office of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Bill Nichols is an American film critic and theorist best known for his pioneering work as the founder of the contemporary study of documentary film. His 1991 book, “Representation of Reality, Problems, and Concepts in Documentary,” applied modern film theory to the study of documentary for the first time.
Nichols has lectured in numerous countries, served on juries for film festivals on different continents, served as a regular advisor on a variety of film projects, and published more than 100 articles.
Documentary filmmaker and producer James Bertrand Longley is also an American filmmaker, whose acclaimed documentary “Gaza Strip” was released in 2002. His “Iraq in Fragments,” which presents a vision of Iraq and Iraqis during the first two years of the war in Iraq, received three jury awards at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. His short film “Sari’s Mother” premiered at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.
Mehrdad Oskui is most famous for his international award-winning documentaries “Sunless Shadows” and “Starless Dreams.”
“Zinat’s Son’s Wedding” and “Afro-Iranians” are among Varahram’s credits.
The Documentary and Experimental Cinema Center (DEFC) as the main organizer of the Cinéma Vérité festival has selected a variety of the best documentaries that will be screened during the event, which will take place completely online from December 8 to 15 due to a rebound in COVID -19 cases in the country.
Photo: Poster of the XIV Cinéma Vérité.
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