One, Millipede, has broken all box office records and taken in nearly 350bn rials (£6.5m) since its release this summer.
Iranians are flocking to the cinema in record numbers, attracted by relatively affordable ticket prices and a slew of mood-lifting new comedies.
It was now becoming almost impossible to find funding for films that were not comedies, Haghighi said.
Mani Haghighi, whose comedy Pig was nominated for the festival’s biggest prize, said difficult times were encouraging people to go to the cinema.
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