Reeti joins jury panel with AR Rahman at Tehran Int’l Short Film Fest
Entertainment Desk :
Bangladeshi film critic, screenwriter and journalist Sadia Khalid Reeti has joined the panel of jurors for the international section of the 41st Tehran International Short Film Festival (TISFF) alongside the Oscar-winning Indian music composer AR Rahman, said a press release.
Reeti confirmed this in a Facebook post on Friday, sharing her excitement to be nominated as a jury member alongside Rahman and other esteemed jurors. She wrote, “Sharing the stage with AR Rahman as a jury member of the super prestigious, Oscar-qualifying, Tehran International Short Film Festival. So blessed.”
Other members of this year’s festival jury include the Ghanaian-Belgian director Anthony Nti, Italian filmmaker Maja Costa, and Russian festival producer Ekaterina Yakovleva, as well as Iranian filmmakers Ahmad Reza Motamedi and Masoud Madadi, according to Tehran Times and IRNA.
A member of the recently announced National Film Grant Selection Committee and National Film Advisory Committee, Reeti was the sole representative from Bangladesh at the 77th Cannes Film Festival this year, as a member of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) jury.
