David & Layla at Verona Film Festival KurdishCinema – Melbourne –March 9, 2007
been invited 11th Verona Schermi d'Amore (Love Screen) Film Festival which will take place in Verona from 26th April to 6th May. David & Layla will be screened in the Panorama section showing a new version of Romeo & Juliet each year from different countries. It is said that the festival is devoted to love and sentimental films. There is a competition, a Panorama section, and various retrospectives. Verona where the festival takes place is the city of Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. Awarded 5 times Previously David & Layla has been invited 20 international film festivals and won 5 different awards including Audience Award at 23rd L’amour Film Festival in Belgium last February. Besides Jonroy’s film got ‘Spirit of Independents Award’ at last Lauderdale Florida International Film Festival in October 2006. At the same festival Shiva Rose playing the leading woman character in David & Layla got ‘Best Breakthrough Performance’ award for her performance. And David & Layla also got ‘Outstanding Feature’ award at last Washington D.C. World Cinema Festival in March 2006. Jonroy is planning to release his film in July 2007 email to KurdishCinema: kurdishcinema@hotmail.com |
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