Iran recently hosted the first Kish Island Film Festival to promote Cinema from Asia and North Africa. I was surprised to come across some great film makers from Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. I was on the feature film Jury with famous Iranian director Masoud Kimiyai who is a novelist and has 32 films to his credit. Others on the Jury were Elchin Musaoglu of Azarbaijan, Asif Noorani, a journalist for the newspaper Dawn in Pakistan and editor of the Eastern Film magazine. The woman director from Tajikistan, Gulandom Muhabatova could not come at the last minute.
The festival screened documentaries and short films too. Each award comprised cash prize of 3000 Us dollars. There were seminars by famous producers from UK, France and Australia.
Besides a hectic schedule of watching films, we really enjoyed the hospitality of the festival team. There were some minor problems regarding the tickets but the beautiful...
The festival screened documentaries and short films too. Each award comprised cash prize of 3000 Us dollars. There were seminars by famous producers from UK, France and Australia.
Besides a hectic schedule of watching films, we really enjoyed the hospitality of the festival team. There were some minor problems regarding the tickets but the beautiful...
- 5/9/2011
- by Bijaya Jena
- DearCinema.com
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