Miguel Littin, Renowned Chilean Anti-coup Director in Tehran

TEHRAN (AIPFF) - According to the public relations office of the AIPFF, prolific director Miguel Littin from Latin America came to Iran to attend International Ammar Popular Film Festival which will be held on 24-26 August, 2016.

TEHRAN (AIPFF) – According to the public relations office of the AIPFF, prolific director Miguel Littin from Latin America came to Iran to attend International Ammar Popular Film Festival which will be held on 24-26 August, 2016.

Littin is known internationally as one of the foremost Latin American filmmakers. He has made 17 feature films and feature-length documentaries. Five of Littin’s films have been featured at the Cannes film festival. His most recent film was Allende in His Labyrinth2014 (Allende en su Laberinto) about the last 7 hours of former President of Chile Salvador Allende during the brutal military coup d’etat on Sept. 11, 1973, the day democracy in Chile ended.

Miguel Littin with His Wife at Imam Khomeini Airport – Photo: Mohsen Eslamzadeh

Miguel Littin with His Wife at Imam Khomeini Airport – Photo: Mohsen Eslamzadeh

The 3rd edition of Ammar International Popular Film Festival is being held from August 24th to August 26th, 2016 in Iran, Parallel with the 63rd anniversary of the US-sponsored 1953 coup d’état against the Official Government of Iran. The theme of the first section of the third AIPFF is reviewing coup d’etat movie around the world and also highlighting the role of the global arrogant powers in orchestrating coups in other countries.