Fajr International Film Festival

The Fajr Film Festival or Fajr International Film Festival (Persian: جشنواره بین المللی فیلم فجر‎ or simply Persian: جشنواره فیلم فجر‎) is Iran's annual film festival, held every February in Tehran.

The festival, started in 1982, is under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture in Iran. It takes place every year on the anniversary of the Iranian revolution. There were 90 feature films submitted for the 29th edition of the festival in 2011.

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