Ammar International Popular Film Festival (AIPFF) has been held since 2010 in Tehran, Iran and showcased international documentary film, fictions, animations, clips, music videos, photo albums and other kinds of media with a focus on social and economic issues.
One of the innovations at APFF, and the reason for it being called "popular", is that the winning films are screened at masjids, schools, universities, auditoriums, public parks, theaters and other places across the country.
Special Awards: Christian Zionism: The Tragedy and the Turning (USA); The Stones Cry Out (Italy).
Golden Lantern: America's Surveillance State (USA) Tablets of Honor: The Writer with No Hands (UK); These Walls Will Talk (Iran) The 14th Ammar International Popular Film Festival was held from January 11 to 19, 2024, with a focus on the "New World Order."
In this period of the festival, cinema and television director Mohammad Hossein Latifi was honored with a plaque and Ammar lantern.