Japanese filmfest judge to attend ‘Cinema Verite’

Member of the judging jury of the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and Japanese film producer Asako Fujioka has been invited to attend the upcoming Cinema Verite in Iran.

The Japanese producer, known for 'Blessed' (2001) and 'ContAct' (2011), will be present as a professor at the 11th edition of the Iranian international documentary film festival.

Organized by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), the 11th Cinema Verite is to be held on December 10-17 in Tehran.

The event will be held by the Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC) which is the largest center for production, distribution and promotion of documentary, animated and experimental pictures in the Middle East.

The Cinema Verite aims at protection of the nation's identity, promoting creative documentary, reinforcing the link between documentary cinema and social facts and events, introducing new global developments in documentary cinema, providing financial support for documentarians by distributing and screening their works in other festivals and removing hurdles to film production.

ES/MG