Palestinian director attends Fajr Int’l fest

Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi will attend the 36th edition of Fajr International Film Festival.

Renown Palestinian director Rashid Masharawi is to take part at the 36th Fajr International Film Festival as guest of honor, a local media reported.

His ‘Writing on Snow’ is to be screened at the Broken Olive Branches and Eastern Vista sections of the event.

Rashid Masharawi is a Palestinian film director, born in Gaza in 1962 to a family of refugees from Jaffa. He grew up in the Shati refugee camp.

Rashid Masharawi lives and works in Ramallah, where he founded the Cinema Production and Distribution Center in 1996 with the aim of promoting local film productions. He also sponsors a mobile cinema, which allows him to screen films in Palestinian refugee camps.

The Eastern Vista section of the festival presents a panorama of films from Asia and Islamic countries.

FIFF Broken Olive Branches section hosts films and filmmakers from Syria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Yemen, and Turkey.

Established in 1982, the Fajr International Film Festival celebrates cultural exchange, displays creative achievements of highly acclaimed cineastes and pays tribute to local and international films.

Since its establishment, the Fajr International Film Festival has played a vital role in the development of Iranian Cinema.

Supervised by Iran’s Ministry of Culture, the festival hosts veteran directors and new filmmakers from Iran and across the world every year.

Directed by Reza Mirkarimi, the 36th edition of the festival runs April 19-27, 2018 in the Iranian capital city of Tehran.

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