The International Resistance Film Festival, which used to be held under the name of the Holy Defense Film Festival, is one of the oldest film festivals in Iran and the region, which has completed 15 editions so far. The first period of the festival in 1362 was held in the middle of the imposed war and at the same time as the holy defense week was celebrated, in the form of film week in the area of ​​student park and Tehran city theater.

This festival is registered in the festival calendar of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance as “biannual” and has a history of nearly four decades. In the early years, this festival was held as a film week and in the following years as a memorial, and finally, with the expansion of the dimensions of the event, it turned into a film festival.The International Resistance Film Festival, which used to be held under the name of the Holy Defense Film Festival, is one of the oldest film festivals in Iran and the region, which has completed 15 editions so far. The first period of the festival in 1362 was held in the middle of the imposed war and at the same time as the holy defense week was celebrated, in the form of film week in the area of ​​student park and Tehran city theater.

This festival is registered in the festival calendar of the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance as “biannual” and has a history of nearly four decades. In the early years, this festival was held as a film week and in the following years as a memorial, and finally, with the expansion of the dimensions of the event, it turned into a film festival.
Resistance Film Festival is held internationally after ten periods from the 11th period by adopting international strategies and targeting cinema in the international arena, which has attracted the attention of artists and independent cinematographers of the world.

This important cultural and cinematic event was formed in line with the explanation of the “Islamic Revolution Discourse” and the theoretical and conceptual frameworks of the most authentic idealistic and religious revolution in the world and is considered a manifestation of the said discourse.