Iran’s film critic to judge at Global Nonviolent fest

Iranian film critic, writer and scholar Hamed Soleimanzadeh has been selected as the jury of the 2021 Global Nonviolent Film Festival in the US.

Critics Shamil Aliyev, Joe Chang, Elio Dell’Unto, and Flynn Donovan will accompany Soleimanzadeh to assess the films at the Global Nonviolent festival.

Soleimanzadeh has already been selected as a member of the jury panel at the Schlingel International Film Festival in Germany, the 10th Dytiatko International Children’s Television Festival in Ukraine and the 44th Göteborg International Film Festival in Sweden.

The long list goes on with the River International Film Festival in Italy, the Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival in South Korea, the 17th International Short Film Festival Detmold in Germany, the Kolibri International Film Festival for Childhood and Youth in Bolivia, and the 44th Drama International Short Film Festival in Greece.

He recently attended the Cannes Film Festival as a jury member of the Fipresci Critics Awards.

Founded in 2012, the Global Nonviolent Film Festival aims to showcase nonviolent, main stream motion pictures.

The festival is going to be held online from September 23 to October 3.

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