TEHRAN (Mehr News Agency) -- Tehran will host a festival entitled Palestine and Lebanon Documentary Panorama from December 23-26 at Felestin Cinema, the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), as the major organizer, announced on Tuesday.

The festival aims to promote the intifada genre documentary and short film.

According to the announcement, the organizer also plans to hold the festival from December 25-30 in the central Iranian city of Yazd.

Over 50 documentary and short films will be screened in the cinematic event.

DEFC will conduct several sessions to be attended by Arab cineastes and authors such as Elia Suleiman, Liana Badr, Nizar Hassan, Rashid Masharawi, Hisham Qaed, and Mai Maseri.

Iranian organizations and institutes like Islamic Relations and Culture Organization, Sahar satellite channel, Farabi Cinematic Foundation, Cultural Heritage Organization as well as the Lebanese Embassy in Tehran will cooperate with DEFC in organizing the festival.