Participation of the Iranian Cinema Umbrella in the 2022 European Film Market (Berlinale)

According to the PR department of Farabi Cinema Foundation, referring to the latest situation regarding the presence of the Iranian Cinema Umbrella in the European Film Market of the 72nd Berlin Film Festival, Raed Faridzadeh said: This year, assuming that the situation of the pandemic had improved, it was scheduled for the Iranian Cinema Umbrella to take part in Berlin’s European Film Market in a physical format after 2 years. However, due to the rapid spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant in Europe and the restrictions imposed by the German government, it is probable that the film market will be postponed or held under the same circumstances as previous years. Nevertheless, they haven’t made any official announcement in this regard and due to the rapid expansion of the new variant across Europe we shall all wait for German authorities to make an official decision.