children's festival; A showcase for several days or a driving engine of a children's cinema?

Fatma Abroosh - IRNA culture reporter

The Children and Adolescent Film Festival is one of the most important film events related to children in Iran for many years. The event, which was supposed to help discover talents, support production, create a relationship between the filmmaker and the audience and strengthen the status of children's cinema, in addition to presenting works. But today a fundamental question arises: Did the festival manage to function beyond an annual event and give life to the true cycle of children's cinema?