The sixth edition of the Tehran-5 Film & Photo Awards announced the ju apprentice in the film section.
The ju umpire team includes well-known national and international figures. The deadline for receiving your submissions is August 11th. The reviews for the work begin on August 12th, with the winners being announced in October, Mehr reported.
Gülten Taranc, the Turkey director, is the international secretary of the festival. In 2016, she directed and produced her first independent feature film, Wish To Wash in Rains, and won the Audience Award at the 53rd Antalya Film Festival. “Snails” was awarded the “Bridge Award Conference” in 2021. It was also selected for the second round of Sundance Film Lab’s 2022 “Development Track” consideration. She is the founder and director of International Women Filmmakers Festival (IWFF Turkey).
The ju apprentice in the film section consists of 13 ju apprentices. The chairman of the Ju judge is Tajima Nako, a Japanese filmmaker. The team includes four Iranian figures: cinematographers Tulaj Asrani and Huruma Behanesh, actress Setare Eskandari and documentary film director Mahvash Sheikhhores Rami.
The remaining ju umpires are filmmaker Mircea Sorin Albutiu and Romanian editor Maria Bòlçnean, producer Cihan Aslı Filiz, Turkish director Aysim Turkmen, British filmmaker Andrew Robert Thomas, Serbian Director Maša Nešković and Austrian filmmaker Markus Berger.
Tajma’s eldest son studied filmmaking at the London Film School and began his career in Tokyo, Japan. She directed over 300 TVC, films, branded content and music videos.
Her past works have been chosen for her job as director and cinematography, including Best European Shorts, Cannes Film Festival, Hollywood Film Festival, Moon Dance Film Festival, Cairo International Film Festival, Tokyo Short Film Festival, Moving Photography International Film Festival, Honolulu Film Festival, Nihoi Sankei Group Advertising Award, Abujong Television Advertising, ccn, ccn,
Touraj Aslani graduated with graphics at Kermanshah Conservatory and film director at Tehran Sooreh University.
He began taking photos at the age of 10, and at the age of 14 he began working as an experimental cinematography director with an 8mm camera. He began his professional career at the age of 25. He has filmed over 100 documentaries, shorts, animation, fiction and experimental films. In 2000 he became the youngest professional photographer at Iranian cinemas.
Hooman Behmanesh is a graduate of the cinema that directs Soar University in Isfahan. He began his artistic career as a teenager, making, editing or producing several short films. He also served as assistant director for several films.
Finally, he began his independent career as a director of photography in 2006. Behmanesh is currently considered one of the most experienced photography directors in Iranian cinema. He is also a member of the Iranian Film and Short Film Association, the Iranian National Elite Foundation, and the Academy of Film Science and Technology in the Asia-Pacific region.
Setareh Eskandari began his arts career in 1993 with students from the Faculty of Art at the University of Tehran. She has performed in several films, plays and television series.
She was a judge at the 22nd Pune International Film Festival in India in 2023, screening “The Sun of That Moon,” a directorial debut at various international festivals. The film received critical acclaim for addressing important issues such as women’s rights, life experiences and Baroque culture.
Mahvash Sheikholeslami graduated from London Film School. Throughout her professional career, she has played a key role in the Iranian film industry. This works as a producer and assistant producer in many films and television series.
She works with well-known filmmakers such as Abbas Kiarostami, Nasser Tagvai, Ali Khatami and Darish Merjui. Since 1996, Sheikholeslami has produced her own independent films, focusing on cultural heritage, environmental issues and the stories of women. She is a permanent member of the Iranian documentary filmmakers guild.
Mircea Sorin Albutiu holds a Master’s degree in documentary filmmaking. He directed three documentaries.
Maria Baranen graduated in film editing and sound design in 2014. Over the past decade, he edited documentaries that have been screened at many festivals, including Vision Du Reel and Ji.hlava Idff.
In 2017, she participated in the Masters’ Program in Visual Anthropology, during which she directed her first documentary, the Triplex Condinium. It was screened at several festivals and was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the Romanian Film Awards (GOPO) in 2022.
Cihan AslıFiliz was selected as the international producer of Cannemiputo’s producer to watch catalogs in 2022. She was also a member of the Berlin Co-Producing Market Selection Committee in 2020 and 2021.
She has produced many internationally acclaimed films. She also produces works for Amazon Prime Video. Currently, she is a creative producer and develops film and series projects with BIR Film.
Aysim Turkmen took part in the new school’s film program while making a short film in New York called “Just Like Today.” In Istanbul, he has produced an award-winning documentary, particularly on urban issues.
She is on the advisory board of the International Women’s Filmmakers Festival in Izmir. She is the coordinator of the festival’s “Creating Characters from Izmir” section, with film production workshops and international master classes organized. She is a founding member of FilmPerest’s Script Development Group. She is currently working on the feature-length fiction film “Peekaboo” and the documentary film “Suburbia Underground” (both films are funded by the Film Production Fund of the Turkish Ministry of Culture).
Andrew Robert Thomas has been involved in international creative productions across the film, television, advertising and publishing industries for over 30 years. He worked with the finest international creative talent to establish Creative Hybrid, a production and management company.
Maša Nešković holds a degree in film director and a doctorate. Polymedia art. She directed short fiction films, short and mid-length documentaries, and award-winning feature film Asymmetric, which was screened at international film festivals.
She directed three Primetime TV series, the Vice TV documentary series, the “Serbia’s Got Talent” show, the “The X Factor Serbia” show, and several music videos. In addition to her directorial works, Masha works with local and international crews as the first advertising and casting director of films and television series.
Markus Berger is an animated filmmaker and Visual Effects artist, with expertise in immersive media, including sound design and virtual and augmented reality. After completing his master’s degree in digital arts from the University of Applied Sciences in Hagenberg, Austria, Marx moved to Izmir, Turkier, where he was a faculty member of the faculty of Docz Eirl University and his first undergraduate arts and arts department in the Faculty of Cartoon and Animation since 2014, he recently completed his PHD.
Throughout his career, Marx has directed several short anime, fiction and documentary films. He also has experience as an onset sound mixer and visual effects supervisor, contributing to a variety of professional feature and short film projects.
5 Photo & Film Awards is a prestigious large festival for film and photography. It supports artists from around the world, especially independent contemporary artists, and seeks to build a bridge between different countries and cultures.
It is inspired by a 500-year-old tree in the village of Aro, on the outskirts of Damavando in Tehran. The tree has been the subject of photography by international director and photographer Abbas Kiarostami every year for many years. His photos are on display under the title Snow White in world-renowned galleries, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris and the Museum of Contemporary Art in New York.
Six years ago, documentary photographer and filmmaker Mehdi Shadizadeh filmed the tree again and founded the festival to celebrate this cultural and iconic symbol that represents Kiarostami’s artistic heritage.
The number “5” comes from the 2003 film “5” made by Kiarostami and includes an average of five scenes.
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