Islam, Iran cinema flourish among Fiff goals
Relations between media, politics and the public around the world are heavily dependent on the media and artistic medium such as cinema and television.
That explains why the US invests heavily on the media to manipulate the narration of an event to offer their desired image of a certain event, IRNA wrote.
Unfortunately, all of their efforts go hand in hand to present a distorted image of countries that fight imperialism and hegemonies and to manipulate public opinion across the world against them.
The same scenario took place during US invasion to Iraq and its military interference in Afghanistan.
As Iran tried to offer peaceful and suggestive strategies in the region, the then US president George W. Bush called Iran an axis of evil while upon his command serious unrest was taking place in different corners of the world.
Bush called Iran a threat to the world and recently Trump, the incumbent US president placed a ban on citizens from Iran and some other mainly Muslim countries to enter the US.
Such discriminating stances, sadly, form the basis of US international policies.
They are aware how they act with regard to major challenges that can influence the society’s behavior.
Media platforms take advantage of developing technology in their favor to broaden their viewership from national scale to international scale, thanks to fast Internet connection.
Media platforms operate in the public interest and are capable of shaping election campaigns and political participation.
With such hardline policies, former US president George W. Bush gave a green light to media platforms and outlets to focus on content management of ongoing Iranophobia and Islamophobia projects.
Fox News, for example, manipulates news and presents a distorted image of Iran and Islam to encourage opposition to Iranian culture and thinking.
It explains the logic behind the production of series like Homeland and 24 to portrait a distorted image of Islamic culture which is truly based on peace and amity.
In these series, they portrait a terroristic and primitive image of Islam and introduce Iranians as supporters of terrorism who target the global security with various terrorist attacks across the world.
The US has massively politicized its cinema; when Michelle Obama, the former US first lady, announced ‘Argo’ as the best film of the 85th Oscars from the White House, it was crystal clear to what depth the US international politics has penetrated its cinema.
Given the above facts and analysis, we understand the need for an unbiased international film festival which introduces Islamic justice and Iran’s amity in forms of cinematic works.
Finally, it is important to mention that no international film festivals in west Asia enjoys the similar history and age of Fajr International Film Festival (Fiff).
Fiff is very influential and aims to support filmmakers from across the world who make films with message of peace, justice and fighting imperialism. It attracts filmmakers who share the same cause and aim as Fiff as well as filmmakers from neighboring countries.
Fiff tries to provide a venue for them to market their cinematic works and build cultural interactions with other filmmakers from other corners of the world.