NEWS: UNICEF pays tribute to “Mana” production crew (IRAN)

UNICEF pays tribute to "Mana" production crew
Tehran Times Art Desk

TEHRAN -- UNICEF paid tribute to the production crew of "Mana" in a ceremony held at Tehran's Honar Cultural Center on Monday.

Directed by Alireza Razzazifar, "Mana" features a story of a schoolgirl who has AIDS and the many problems she encounters at school.

Alexander Nitzsche, UNICEF Iran's Chief of Communication, Experimental Documentary Film Center (EDFC) managing director Mohammad Afarideh, the Iranian UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mahtab Karamati, and head of the AIDS department of Iran's Ministry of Health Abbas Sedaqat attended the ceremony.

Sedaqat was the first to address the attendees and said, "What influences the issue of AIDS in our country are the erroneous beliefs that the society holds about this disease. It takes time to change these incorrect beliefs and the medium of cinema and television can be of tremendous help."

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