TEHRAN The 19th Fajr International Film Festival is being held in Tehran. Several Iranian feature films made by renowned filmmakers have taken part in the Iranian Cinema Competition Section of the festival. The following films compete with each other in this section:

* **** Water and Fire ****: The film has been directed by Fereydoun Jeirani, who has cast Parviz Parastouei, Leila Hatami, Atila Pessiani, Behnaz Ja'fari and Farimah Farjami.

The film deals with the life of a young writer named Ali Mashreqi who is arrested for killing his wife. To prove his innocence, Ali has to introduce a witness, Maryam Shokouhi, who refuses to come. Ali tries to befriend her in a bid to persuade her to come to the court and ...

**** The Blue ****: It has been directed by Hamid Labkhandeh. Hedieh Tehrani, Bahram Radan, Hassan Joharchi, Esmaeil Shangaleh, Jamal Ejlali, Pourandokht Mahiman, Azita Lachini and ... are the stars.

The story of the film is bout Mahtab, a young girl whose life has been destroyed. She is carrying a hidden wound which is the reason for her failure in life. she is looking for the one who has caused the suffering of her life and finally she finds an innocent boy and ...

**** The End of the Play ****: Homayoun As'adian is the director and the cast are Hamed Behrad, Poupak Goldarreh, Shirin Pourmokhtar, Shahrouz Ebrahimi, Davoud Geramifard, Ahmad Jandaqi, Lida Abbasi and ...

The story begins with a photo in which there are a young boy and a young girl. The photo is hanged on the wall of a stranger's house. The film displays the path of life of six young people and shows that how their lives change with an accident.

**** We Pass Each Other ****: The film has been directed by Iraj Karimi, who recruits Fariba Kamran, Mehran Rajabi, Shahrokh Foroutanian, and Nazanin Farahani as players.

On their way to the northern Iran, the four automobiles' passengers from different walks of life and objectives don't know and just pass each other and ... (To Be Contd.)