Maryam Bayani’s PORTRAIT OF ELIKA won the Youth Vision Award in the 21st United Nations Association Film Festival (UNAAF) held in San Francisco, USA.
Farah Kassem, a graduated student from Lebanon, was awarded by the EWA Network at DOK Leipzig Co-Production Market as the best female directed project for her documentary WE ARE INSIDE.
The 25th Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” (Belarus), held from 2 to 9 November, selected “Bruno Jumps” by Mirna Everhard, “A Roof in Common” by Fan Wu, “Hotel Fremon” by Zilong Yao and “Eastward Go” by Yimeng Zhang for the National Film Schools Competition. “The Zhengs”, also by Yimeng Zhang, will be screened out of competition in the section Children and Youth Film.
The graduation film Portrait of Elika directed by Maryam Bayani will be presented in the 61st DOK Leipzig International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, held in Germany from 29 October to 4 November.
