Congratulations to The London Film School grad Golnaz Jamsheed, whose graduation film AVO has been chosen to be screened at the 18th Celebration of Iranian Cinema, held annually by the Khaneh Cinema (House of Cinema) in Tehran. This will add to her 10 other screenings at festivals worldwide.
AVO tells the story of an Iranian Armenian boy who experiences the concept of death through his grandfather's passing. Being neglected by the grown ups at the funeral, he finds a way to stay in touch with his grandfather from beyond the grave.
Golnaz is the 2016 Joanna Plafsky DLMA Film Scholar at the Maharishi University of Management. David Lynch picked the winner of the David Lynch Masters in film 2016 Short Film competition. Golnaz has won a full-tuition scholarship to the programme which runs until June 2017. She will join the new group of Masters students participating in the David Lynch Masters in Film TV/Web Series Programme being offered at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfiled, Iowa.
AVO, which was originally named BEGINNING OF AN END, stars Mohammad Nourmohamadi, Marita Andriassian, Anooshavan Zarian, Hooshang Salek, Maggie Khodalakis, Sati Shahbazi, Rima Ohanian, Vahagn Hakopian.
Golnaz’ Twitter: @golnazjamsheed
AVO Facebook: facebook.com/Avoshortfilm/