TEHRAN -- The biggest cinematic complex in Iran named “Reza Naji” was officially opened in Tabriz on Monday.

The 11000 square meter complex includes a theater with modern equipment, libraries on the art of film and photography, two fairgrounds and galleries, a cultural center and classrooms for holding cinematic courses and workshops.
Reza Naji, born in Tabriz in 1942 began his artistic career when he was twenty, playing in several short films and provincial TV programs. He is not a graduate of cinema, of course.
Actor Naji won the Silver Bear award for best actor in director Majid Majidi’s “The Song of Sparrows” at the 58th Berlin Film Festival.
He has acted in several movies including Majidi’s “Baran” and “The Weeping Willow,” Mojtaba Raei’s “Birth of a Butterfly” and Iraj Karimi’s “Kandelus Gardens.”