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Iranian cinematographer joins jury for Turkey’s Amed Film Festival
Aslani takes the post after serving on the jury at the Fifth Rojava Film Festival held recently in Qamishli, Syria, Mehr News Agency reported.
The full Long Film jury comprises Ahu Öztürk, Aziz Çapkurt, Silan Özgün Özçelik, Leyla Toprak and Touraj Aslani.
The Amed festival was launched in 2012 by the Middle East Cinema Academy as a platform for independent and Kurdish filmmakers whose works often challenge mainstream cinematic powers. The event aims to spotlight female emancipation, ecological awareness, cultural diversity and themes of resistance and freedom.
After its second edition in 2016 the festival had lain dormant for eight years, owing to the fraught cultural climate in the region. Under renewed support from Diyarbakır municipality the festival will resume this winter with short Kurdish films, Kurdish documentaries and Kurdish feature films on the screen. Selected projects will receive production grants from the Sînebîr Project Fund.