Selection Committee Announcement Kamran Shirdel (Head of Film Selection Committee)DocumentarianConsidered a pioneer of Iran's NEW cinema. Born in born 1939 in Tehran, he studied architecture, urbanism, and design at the University of Rome and film direction at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia of Rome. After graduating in 1964, he worked as an assistant director with John Huston on The Bible before making his diploma film, Gli Specchi (The Mirrors), in Rome. He returned to Iran and star...

Gohar Kheirandish, actress and director, was born in 1954 in the city of Shiraz, state of Fars, Iran. She began her acting career in 1970 while in High School in association with a theater group in the city of Shiraz. Her first movie is named "Rooz haye Entezaar" [The days of waiting] that was screened in 1986. She earned her Acting and directing degree from the University of Tehran, "Daneshkadeh-ye- Honarhaye Zeeba" which translates to "The College of Beautiful Arts.&q...