Marjan Doras: Being escorted by tourism police, a group of about 20 foreign jury members and filmmakers started walking from Pirouzi hotel, then passed all Sepah street on their feet, and finally arrived at Naghsh-e Jahan square.
They were from far and close countries but all managed to accompany one other on the tour to experience a delightful walking.
“Iranian people are really warm, they treated us really well, and kids in particular are so nice and kind-hearted”, said Hanna Anderson, the Swedish animator .
Another instructor from Sweden had a great experience of eating Iranian food. She stressed: “the food in here is so much delicious and I am feeling comfortable with everything.”
A 31-year-old filmmaker from Japan, nicknamed Jimbo, expressed: I am really excited about being in this historical city. “I walked to the square once in the morning, so this is my second time in here”, Jimbo stated.
When asked whether he had ever made a film on a historical site, Jimbo answered: “well, I had never thought of making children films but I have been doing the job for 4 years”, “I was once asked for making a film about an ancient city in South Korea and I did it, so I am so much interested in making films on old cities and landscapes”.
Kamruel Ahsan, the Bangladeshi filmmaker is bringing his first children movie to the festival. As soon as entering the square, he said: “now I am visiting whatever I had already read in books, the big square with stores all around really wowed me”.
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