Document Type : Research Paper

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1. Corresponding Author, Assistant Professor, Department of Women and Family Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences and Economics, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran

10.22059/jwica.2025.390421.2136

Abstract

The Fajr International Film Festival is widely regarded as the most significant annual event in thecountry’s cinematic landscape. ​ 33 films in the Simorgh Longing section of the 43rd Fajr International Film Festival presented their narratives of Iranian society, particularly the issue of women and family, and were subjected to the audience’s evaluation and judgment. The objective of this investigation was to examine these narratives within the context of gender and family. The research was conducted using a qualitative approach, specifically content analysis. In order to comprehend and analyze the position and approach of films toward categories and indicators, the present study initially endeavored to present all indicators as positive categories in accordance with the discourse of the Islamic Revolution. Subsequently, 20 researchers from the fields of social sciences, media, women's studies, and family assessed the convergence or divergence of the films with respect to the indicators. In a macroscopic and concise assessment, it can be concluded that the cinematic works of the Fajr Film Festival during this period had a relatively similar stance to the Islamic Revolution’s stance on the issues of gender and family. The research results suggested that the proportion of convergent works and films was relatively higher than that of divergent works in the majority of the 14 indicators related to the subject under investigation.

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