Iranian to serve on jury at White Unicorn

Iranian filmmaker Maryam Khodabakhsh has been set to serve on jury at the White Unicorn International Film Festival (WUIFF).

The Iranian Youth Cinema Society reported that the WUIFF named Khodabakhsh as an Honorable Jury.

A director, screenwriter and editor, she has made the short film ‘World Cup’. Khodabakhsh has an experience of 10 years in the field of filmmaking.

She believes that each person has his own voice, and that our mission as human beings in this world is to find our unique voice and present it to people in order to help them. She beleives that cinema is one of the ways to achieve that goal.

The WUIFF is jointly organized by “professional organizations from India (WUIFF), Hong Kong (Create Asia Group), Italy (L'ulcera del signor Wilson), Japan (Studio51)”, the event’s website reads.

The WUIFF is a monthly film festival held in the heart of Kolkata and Honk Kong. It celebrates films from all around the world with awards in different categories and genres.

The “WUIFF has its own mission, as a certain amount from each and every project submission in the Festival will be utilized for social cause and at the end of the year during Annual Gala Fest of WUIFF the amount will be handed over to any of the social organizations.”

SQ/MG