He said: Today, the Cannes Festival does not determine the award based on cinematographic values. The festival gains value when it awards good films based on cinematic values, not films that conform to its own policies. He also criticized the way of selecting films and judges for the 35th edition of the Fajr Film Festival (95). He said in the Haft program, “It is a scary story that five of the judges have dual citizenship; one is American and four are Canadian. I myself have lived in Canada.
