Guillaume Giovanetti was born in Lyon France in 1978 Along with Çagla Zencirci they form a directorial duo based in Paris and Istanbul and they directed several short films in the Middle East Europe Central Asia and FarEast among which Ata FranceTurkey 2008 and Six JapanFrance 2009 selected in more than 200 Festivals worldwide Berlinale Locarno Rotterdam Tampere FIDMarseille ClermontFerrand etc and awarded more than 40 times In 2012 the codirectors achieved Noor their first feature film FranceTurkeyPakistan which they developed in Frances Moulin dAndé and shot in Pakistan thanks to the support of the MEDIA Program The film premiered at the ACID section of the 65th Cannes International Film Festival 2012 competed in the 47th Karlovy Vary Film Festival was selected in Busan IFF and was awarded several Grand Prix Paris ChériesChéris Festival Dieppe France New York Asian Film Festival Bogota Colombia Mississauga Canada and many other Awards Rome Milan Vancouver Dublin Toulouse etc After more than 80 invitations from Festivals worldwide the film has been theatrically released in France in April 2014 with a very good reception from critics and the audience
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