Iranian critic picked for Golden Globe Awards

Iranian film critic, writer and filmmaker Hamed Soleimanzadeh has been appointed as a jury member of the 2023 Golden Globe Awards.

This is the first time an Iranian critic will be a Golden Globe Awards voting member in the category of motion pictures.

He was invited by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) which will conduct the 80th Golden Globe Awards in January, 2023 in Beverly Hills, LA.

Currently residing in Berlin, Germany, Soleimanzadeh collaborates with Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) as a researcher and instructor in the fields of film and philosophy.

Soleimanzadeh has already served on the jury panel of the 68th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen in Germany, the 2021 Global Nonviolent Film Festival in the US and the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany.

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

Young Iranian film critic has already been selected as a member of the jury panel at several other festivals, including 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.

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