University of Baghdad held the third festival of the Japanese Films
In the corridors of the College of Education for Girls in the University of Baghdad the third Japanese film festival is set out among academic, student and great cultural crowd.The acting Japanese Embassy in Iraq, Mr.Keshinor Mukaúa said in a speech he delivered at the opening ceremony that it is a pleasure of the Japanese Embassy to open this festival at the University of Baghdad, which has already embraced many of the scientific and cultural activities held by the embassy in a number of university colleges to enhance the relations between Iraq and Japan, especially after the recent visit by Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to Japan where the bilateral ties have entered a new stage of full partnership.
The festival included a presentation of the recent Japanese Film entitled (Robocon), which is directed by the new director (Formaya Tomoyuki) who is the winner of two awards: the Tiger and Fiber sky for a movie (bad company) in 2001 at the International Film Rotterdam Festival and this film describes the lives of the students of the typical Japanese high school as making great efforts at the activities of the Club in the school to achieve their goals and development through these activities.
The festival also included the display of a documentary film on the revival of traditional Japanese festivals affected by earthquakes of the east of the major Japan and the tsunami.The third Japanese film festival has been held in cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Professor Mufeed Algeza’ri, the ex-Minister of Culture, professor Dr.Riyadh Aziz Hadi, Assistant professor of President of University of Baghdad for Scientific Affairs, Dr. Amer Muhammad Ali, Dean of the College of Education for Girls and a number of the faculty members and girl students.