TEHRAN – Several world cinematic figures will gather in Tehran to hold workshops during the 33rd Fajr International Film Festival.
Pete Rive from New Zealand has worked in the Film and Television industry for thirty years. Rive plans to focus on joint productions in his workshop scheduled to be held on April 26, the organizers announced in a press release on Monday.
Rive founded the Auckland-based post-production facility The Original Cut in 1993, and the production company Two Dragons Entertainment in 2010.
Workshops on brainstorming due to be held on April 27 and 28 have been arranged by international consultant Jan Miller from Toronto.
Jan Miller travels the world as an ambassador for the Canadian media industry connecting people, companies and countries, and fostering talent and creative alliances.
Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi, who is also a producer and a screenwriter, will focus on directing and casting directing on April 29.
Zanussi is also a professor at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland and at Silesian University in Katowice, Poland.
On April 30, Stanley Tong, a Hong Kong film director, producer, action choreographer and screenwriter, will hold his workshop on action scenes and martial arts.
Computer-generated imagery (CGI), the application of computer graphics to create or contribute to images in art, films and television will be the topic of a workshop by Bertrand Levallois from France on May 1.
Levallois is an executive producer, a production manager, and a producer. He is also the CEO of Madman Films Company.
The international section of Fajr Film Festival will be held at Tehran’s Mellat Cinema Complex from April 25 to May 2, 2015.
The competition section includes the two categories of Islamic and Asian Countries’ Cinema (Eastern Panorama), and World Cinema (Salvation).
In addition, the non-competition section contains different categories including panorama of Chinese and Turkish modern cinema, world feature films and short films screening.
Films from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Britain, Belgium, Italy, Turkey, India, China and several others will be competing during the event.
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