Iran fest names jury

The third edition of Globe International Silent Film Festival announces the jury members.

Bahram Dehghan, Mahmoud Kalari, Kambozia Partovi, Hamidreza Nasiri, Houman Seyyedi, Bahram Tavakkoli and Ann Marie Fleming are the jury members of the event.

A lineup of 49 short silent films are to be judged at the five different sections of the third edition of the US-based Iranian festival.

Initially launched by Iranian film buffs of the Persian Students Association of the Michigan State University, the first edition of the Globe International Silent Film Festival was held in Iran.

The first year had received incredible reception on the international scale – around 2,200 films were submitted to the festival, the official website of the festival wrote.

The GISFF is planned to be held in a new country every year, so that the silent cinema industry is introduced to all enthusiasts.

Silent films refer to films without dialogue or narration and recount their stories through the language of imagery, just as a painting.

The 2018 edition of the festival will be held from April 21 to 29 in the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the US.

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