The first time I went to the festival, it was 1979 when my film TALL SHADOWS OF THE WIND, which had been shown the same year at Cannes' Critics' Week, was accepted to be in competition at the Montreal Film Festival. I believe my film was the first Iranian film in this festival, and my country was in a turmoil after the revolution, so no Iranian representative had come to the festival except me.

One outstanding memory of that trip, was meeting my Film Criticism teacher at the University of Southern California, Arthur Knight, who was a jury member that year. The organization and hospitality has always been the hallmark of this festival, and I am happy that my film SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE, won the Special Jury Prize the 2000, and my following film, A HOUSE BUILT ON WATER, was also shown in another section two years later.

I have always had good time at World Film Festival during the years that I attended the festival sometimes as a film maker and a lot of times as film buyer for Cineplex Odeon Films. Best wishes for continued success.

Bahman Farmanara

Invit� du Festival en / Festival Guest in 1979, 2000

Films pr�sent�s / Presented films:

1979

• SAIEHAIEM BOLAN DE BAD / LES OMBRES DU VENT / TALL SHADOWS OF THE WIND
• Comp�tition officielle / Official competition

2000

• BOOYE KAFOOR, ATRE YAS / L'ODEUR DU CAMPHRE, LE PARFUM DU JASMIN / SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE
• Comp�tition officielle / Official Competition
• Grand prix sp�cial du Jury / Special Grand Prize of the Jury:

2002

• KHANEH-YEE ROUYE AB / A HOUSE BUILT ON WATER
• Hors Concours / World Greats