National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA) and Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation on Monday signed a cooperation agreement in the field of cinema at the Ministry of Culture in Yerevan. The document was signed on the Armenian side by NCCA Director Shushanik Mirzakhanyan, and on the Iranian side by director of Farabi Cinema Foundation Alireza Tabesh, […]
National Cinema Center of Armenia (NCCA) and Iran’s Farabi Cinema Foundation on Monday signed a cooperation agreement in the field of cinema at the Ministry of Culture in Yerevan.
The document was signed on the Armenian side by NCCA Director Shushanik Mirzakhanyan, and on the Iranian side by director of Farabi Cinema Foundation Alireza Tabesh, according to an NCCA report.
The two sides hoped that the agreement will greatly contribute to the development of new processes in the field of cinema.
According to Mirzakhanyan, the new agreement enables further enhancing of long-lasting Armenia-Iran cultural cooperation.
Tabesh contended that the document will open a new chapter in the partnership between the cinema sectors of the two states.
The agreement lays out numerous directions for cooperation, including in the film production sector, ranging from scriptwriting up to post-production phase, implementation of educational programs in both countries, establishment of Armenia-Iran film market, distribution of films, development of festival partnership among others.
