Farnoosh Samadi to be jury member of Linz Int’l filmfest in Austria

Iranian director farnoush Samadi has been selected to become a jury member at the Linz International Film Festival in Austria.

The award-winning Iranian screenwriter and filmmaker Farnoush Samadi is to sit shoulder to shoulder with other jury members of the Austrian film event.

Other jury members are Romanian director Sorin Dorian Dragoi and Italian animator Lucia Bulgheroni.

They are to judge more than 100 short films in different sections of the festival including animation, documentary and experimental.

Samadi’s latest work, the short film ‘Gaze’, premiered this summer in the 70th edition of the Locarno Festival in Switzerland. The film also won the Grand Jury Award for best live action short film in the 31st edition of the American Film Institute Festival this November.

Linz International Short Film Festival is the first international short film festival in Linz, Austria, which is a unique film event for short filmmakers and film lovers to network and discover future short film trends on a worldwide level.

The event was established for showcasing and celebrating the best independent short films from already established filmmakers as well as great work from new upcoming talents and artists from all around the world and for assisting in building a shared artistic experience.

The 2018 edition of the event is slated for October 11-14, Austria. It is currently underway.

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