(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Global filmmakers screening their films at the fourth Ajyal Youth Film Festival presented by the Doha Film Institute said the event is a unique experience that helps strengthen cultural exchange among filmmakers from across the world.
Addressing the media, director Goran Radovanovic, whose film Enclave (Serbia, Germany) is screening at Ajyal, said: "It is really special for us to be here at Ajyal in Doha, a unique experience for us to come to this part of the world. We don't have a lot of cultural exchange between our two regions. For us, it has been a fascinating opportunity."
Serbia's entry to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Enclave is a hopeful vision of a world where young people can see beyond blinding hatred. 'There have been a lot of wars in the Balkans; all these wars didn't solve the problem - hatred. There is still huge hatred in the Balkans. This is why I wanted to look at the last war in the Balkans."
Radovanovic added that the whole film is based on the innocence of children, 'before they get older and are influenced by adults.The children in the film carry the idea of truth and hope."
Director Babak Anvari of Under the Shadow (Iran, UK, Jordan, Qatar), which is UK's entry for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this year, said: 'I am very grateful because the Doha Film Institute supported this film from the beginning. I'm very happy and pleased so to be here at the festival, which is amazing. Bringing children from all over the world is very special.
Actor Narges Rashidi said, 'Through the movie, I wanted the character to be as believable as possible.When I read the script, I loved how complex it was. As a woman actress - to play the lead role is still very rare around the world, so it is such a big gift - she's a very strong woman and that's what drew me into wanting to do it so badly.
Director Otto Bell of The Eagle Huntress (Mongolia, UK, USA), which opened the fourth Ajyal Youth Film Festival, explained the preparations that went into making the heartwarming documentary. 'I kept the authenticity of the film with patience.It is the art of documentary making-spending time.There were big scenes- the taking of the eagle, the festival and the winter.The rest was quiet time-what they like to eat, how they get water, what she does at school.
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