Third ‘Golden Guepard’ Film Forum: Day One

October 19, 2013

The Third Golden Guepard Film Forum kicked off on October 19. The first of the six days of cinematic razzmatazz included two press conferences with members of the juries for features, shorts and animated films and workshops. The day concluded with a red-carpet opening ceremony for the film forum, ushering in days of film demonstrations and workshops that will culminate with an Awards Ceremony.
At Fund Forum’s Conference Room a press conference saw members of the jury for feature films share their expectations and talk about the in-competition films and tricks of creating quality films as well as discussing issues of interest.

The press conference panel was made up of Chinese film director Zhang Yuan, German actress Petri Franziska Petri, Uzbek veteran film director Kamara Kamalova and Japanese film director Tomio Kuriyama. This was immediately followed by another conference, where Emilia Haviarova, Uzbek film director Bahodir Odilov and Uzbek film director Svetlana Muradhojayeva took questions from a host of journalists.

The educational segment of the day included two workshops, at the Youth Art Palace, by Iranian big-name film director and scriptwriter Abbas Kiarostami and leading Chinese cinema guru Zhang Yuan, who is the chairman of the jury for the film forum. Kiarostami told those gathered about his quest for his signature style in cinematography and how he secured the success that he enjoys today. The workshop included a film, ‘The Way of Kiarostami’, which was shot at the behest of the South Korean Film festival.
Yuan talked about the current state of Chinese cinema, provided practical advice and answered questions from those attending. Another jury member, Japanese film director Tomio Kuriyama, also led a workshop that included a screening of his film “Fishing Fool’s Diary” at the State Institute of Arts and Culture. Kuriyama spoke about his film and his career and shared his impressions of Tashkent, noting that the city has changed immensely since he visited it 43 years ago.
The first day of the Film Forum concluded with an official opening ceremony with Style.Uz Art Week organizers, participants and guests in attendance.

The activities of the first day of Golden Guepard Film kicked off early in the morning, with Fund Forum hosting two press conferences with the juries of feature films, short films and animated films. The educational segment of the six-day cinematic event started with workshops by Abbas Kiarostami, Zhang Yuan and Tomio Kuriyama as well as the screening of a Japanese film ‘Fishing Fool’s Diary’. Later, Zhang Yuan’s ‘Beijing Flickers’ (2012) was screened at the State Institute of Arts and Culture, with Uzbek students in attendance.