Int'l cineastes judging at RIFF

Three int'l cineastes have been judging films competing at the 15th Resistance International Film Festival (RIFF).

Luis Castro from Venezuela, John Gianvito from America, and Federico Tomas are the foreign cineastes.

The other members of the jury are Iranian filmmakers Ebrahim Fayyaz and Nader Talebzadeh.

More than 20 movies will be screened in the official competition of the festival.

A group of foreign cineastes, including Syrian director Basil Al-Khatib and his fellow actress Salma Almasri, the star of Iranian director Seifollah Daad’s drama 'The Survivor', has been invited to attend the event.

This edition of the festival has received more than 1600 submissions, including feature, short and documentary films, from more than 70 countries around the globe.

Most of the submissions have been from the US and France. Filmmakers from Germany, Turkey, England, Italy, Canada, Spain, Brazil and dozens of other countries have also applied to take part at the event.

The RIFF is dedicated to productions on wars and the repercussions of armed conflicts in the world.

It also puts a spotlight on the resistance of the Palestinian people against the Zionist regime, Daesh and their terrorist attacks in the region, and the world’s tyrants and their backing of Daesh.

The RIFF is being organized every year by the Revayat Cultural Foundation and the Film Association of the Islamic Revolution and the Sacred Defense in collaboration with other cultural organizations.

The 15th edition of the RIFF has been slated for November 26-December 1, 2018, at Felestin Theater Hall in Tehran.

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