Eric Spitzer-Marlyn Lauds Cinema Verité Festival in a Message to Organizers:
Art and Politics Stay Separate at Cinema Verité; A Path to Peace and Friendship
Eric Spitzer-Marlyn, the Austrian sound designer, musician, and documentary filmmaker who held workshops at the 12th Iran International Documentary Film Festival "Cinema Verité", praised the 18th Cinema Verité festival as a path to peace and friendship in a message to the organizers.
According to the Public Relations department of the Documentary, Experimental, and Animation Film Center (DEFC), Marlyn’s message read as follows “When I was invited for the first time to the Iran documentary Film Festival- Cinema Verité, I was deeply impressed by the absolute enthusiasm of all the international participants and the hospitality of all local people involved.”
“It only needs a short visit at the local Film Museum to experience all the love to film and all additional necessities. There was a strict separation of any political opinion and the art presented. All I can say is, it was a real, well laid-out, fantastic festival and I always felt safe and well treated - a path to peace, a path to friendship in high art!” Spitzer stated.
Eric Spitzer-Marlyn, the well-known Austrian sound designer who has worked with Werner Herzog for years, held workshops at the 12th Iran International Documentary Film Festival "Cinema Verité".
The 18th Iran International Documentary Film Festival will be held in December 2024 under the direction of Mohammad Hamidi Moghadam.