Monday, July 18, 2011

Iranian actress to judge at Avanca

Iranian actress Anna Nemati

has been selected to serve on the jury panel of the 2011 Avanca International Film Festival in Portugal.


Nemati who starred in movies such as Aaland Snow on the Hot Roof, is slated to be a jury member of Portugal's Avanca Film Festival, which will be held from July 19 to 24.

She will judge for the first time at this event in which a number of worldly renowned cineastes will participate, Mehr News Agency reported.

Furthermore, the award-winning Iranian filmmaker, Mehdi Rahmani, will also judge participating films during this annual event.

Rahmani also plans to hold a workshop, titled The Impact of Documentary Cinema on Fiction Films, during the event.

The workshop is scheduled to be accompanied by a retrospective look at his documentaries.

Established in 1977, the festival screens feature-length productions, documentaries, animations and experimental films every year.

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