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Iranian
Young Cinema Society
A Short
Introduction
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In
Iran, learning cinema by means of academic studies started
almost since the turn of century. The first Iranian film college
opened in the early 60s and gradually more institutes and
colleges were added.
Now, there are more than a dozen states and private centers for
those who want to enter cinema with a background of schooling.
One of these centers is “Iranian Young Cinema Society” (
IYCS ).
It was established in 1974. The main activities of the society
are as
follow:
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A -
To train the enthusiastic youth in order to improve
their cine culture.
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To organize an annual international short film festival.
C - To
produce and distribute short films |
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A - IYCS
, in all its centers (almost 50 branches in whole
country) establishes one or two semesters training
courses for interested people in field of filmmaking,
where the students will learn camera directing,
scriptwriting, editing and photography. |
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B - IYCS
also organizes an annual international short film
festival; the
7th edition of it will be held on October 21st-26th,
2002. |
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C -
In the beginning,
IYCS mainly focused its activities on
producing 8 and 16mm films through establishing training
courses. |
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Since 1977,
IYCS has expanded its activity in short
filmmaking and encouraged mostly young filmmakers to
produce short films in Beta cam, 16 and 35mm formats.
At
the present time,
IYCS is one the most important
producers of short films in Iran, it produces short
films in DVcam, Betacam,16 and 35mm formats and almost
700 titles have been produced in the last three years in
these categories:
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Animation
Documentary
Documentary/ Fiction
Experimental
Fiction
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IYCS
provides TV channels, universities, institutes and other
organizations, who are interested in purchasing short films.
The films produced
by
IYCS have got many International Prizes from different film
festivals around the world.
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