IRANIAN FILM FESTIVAL INVITES FILIPINO FILMMAKERS



Filipino filmmakers are invited to join the 2nd Urban International Film festival to be held in Tehran on December 16 to 19, 2006.

Philippine charge d’affaires Laureano C. Santiago, in Tehran, relayed the invitation through Cecille Guidote-Alvarez, executive director of the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA).

According to Mr. Santiago, Mr. Iraj Taghipoor of the festival secretariat who extended the invitation, said that the festival is organized by the Art and Cultural Department of the Municipality of Tehran.

Films will be selected for two sections: the international competition section and the special screenings section. Films may include documentaries, fictions and short and feature films.

Charge d’Affaires Santiago wrote Ms. Alvarez that the embassy would highly appreciate if the NCCA could disseminate information on this competition to interested parties.

He added that competition rules and application forms will be sent through diplomatic pouch. For further information on the festival, interested parties may contact: Mr. Iraj Taghipoor, festival secretariat, thru tel. no. (00-9821) 22264058, fax no. (00-9821) 22260692; or e-mail info@urbanfilmfest.org.

The festival is also available through its website: www.urbanfilmfest.org.