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Bahman Ghobadi to Participate in the First International Human Rights Film Festival in the Arab Region KurdishCinema.com - 28 April 2008 "Turtles Can Fly" will be screened at the Bahrain Human Rights International Film Festival on May 2, 2008. The opening day of the festival will be April 30th and will run until May 4th. Bahman Ghobadi will be attending and participating in the festival. At the moment he is in Baghdad preparing for his upcoming projects. This year the festival will be honoring Mahatma Ghandi in order to promote his principles and philosophy in the Middle East. According to the BHRIFF website (www.bhriff.com), the festival is "a not-for-profit cultural event dedicated to introduce and promote films related to human rights in the region. It is a unique opportunity to celebrate the cinema related to human rights and offer a link between the international filmmakers, directors and producers…" The Ministry of Social Development and the Bahrain Society for Public Freedom and Support for Democracy are organizing the first international human rights film festival to be hosted in an Arab country. It was organized in order to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Organizers believe that this festival is a big accomplishment for the furthering of human rights in the region. The celebration also coincides with Labor Day and the International Day for Press Freedom. "Turtles Can Fly," "Paradise Now," "Iraq in Fragments" and "It's a Free World" are among the 20 films to be screened at the festival. In other news, Bahman Ghobadi was invited to participate as part of the Official Jury for the Festroia International Film Festival. Unfortunately, Ghobadi was forced to turn down the offer because he is busy preparing for his upcoming film, which he will begin shooting in the fall. The Festroia Festival will r un from June 6 – 15 in Setubal, Portugal. Kurdish director Bahman Ghobadi For more information about BHRIFF please visit www.bhriff.com |
