Marwah Studios International Excellence Award in Cinema

Noida: “I try to push ideas away and the ones that will not leave me are the ones that ultimately end up happening, and one of those is the announcement of ICMEI International Award for Excellence in Cinema during 13^th Global Film Festival Noida 2020.  Now we have constituted this new prestigious award. We don’t make movies to make more money  but we make money to make more movies. Cinema has to be  always backed and supported by passion,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and founder of Noida Film City.

Sandeep Marwah, forty years in glamour business, is seven times World Record Holder in Media. He is the  recipient of more than seven hundred awards from all over the World, chairing around hundred film, television, media, social, governmental and private organizations and is the cultural Ambassador of many countries.

“Create your own visual style, let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable to others. Film Making is ultimate team sort. To make a film is easy but to make a good film is a war and to make a very good film is a magic. I always consider film makers as magicians,” said H.E. Muhammed Cengic Ambassador of Bosnia and Herzegovina to India at the first ICMEI International Awards for Excellence in Cinema inviting film personalities to Bosnia for film shooting. H.E. Muhammed Cengic is also patron to Indo Bosnia Film And Cultural Forum.

“Films are the best representative of culture of any country. Films are the best way to express yourself. The pain is temporary but once films are made then  the history is created. Indo Peru Film And Cultural Forum has grown with time,” said Carlo Polo Ambassador of Peru to India also spoke about the film Industry at Peru and the films which have done extremely well. H.E. is also the Patron to Indo Peru Film And Cultural Forum.

Marwah Studios International Award for Excellence in Cinema was conferred upon twenty nine film makers from twenty One countries of the World. This is a first kind of function in India where so many creative people from the World of cinema  have been honoured at the same time.

Sahra karimi, Shajia sojaei and  Mohibulla Hamidi from Afghanistan, Pouran Derakhshandeh and Behrooz Chaihel- Iran, Prabhakar saran- Panama, Aida Begic and Faruk Loncarevic- Bosina & Herzegovina, Mike berry and Karl Bardosh- USA, David Canovas- Spain, Romail Gulzar and Peter Ferris- UK, Karma Tshering- Bhutan, Maria Mercedes Coroy- Guatemala, Gabor a Forgacs and Jeno Hodi – Hungary, Akrom Isakov – Uzbekistan, Rani Bleier and Dan Wolman -Israel, Naveen shalaby- Egypt, Richard yaw Boatang- Ghana, Effie Bachtsevana – Greece, Chaai Yeewei – Singapore, Adam Dawla- Germany, Joel Calero- Peru, AMB Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen – Nigeria, Nariman Mammadov – Azerbaijan and  Yassine Samih from Morocco were honoured with prestigious award.

Later all the filmmakers spoke about their feelings and impression about this very exclusive international event online. It was indeed bonding of different cultures through Cinema. ”We could bring love, peace and unity through art and culture,” added Marwah.

ICMEI And Iran Culture House Projected Indo Iran Relations in Lock down

Indo Iran Cultural Forum And Culture House Promoted Culture

Tehran: Indo Iran Film And Cultural Forum of ICMEI- International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry join Hands With Iran Cultural House, Embassy of Iran in organizing the webinar titled- Role of Culture in Strengthening Communities Against Corona.

“India and Iran have wonderful relations from Centuries. Both the countries have  large number of similarities as far as culture is concerned. Indo Iran Film And Cultural Forum was started to develop and promote relation between two countries. Ample has been done including two times film festival of films from Iran, An exhibition of paintings from Iran, Workshop by popular film Iranian directors, Participation of delegates from Iran in different international meets at ICMEI including Global Film Festival, Global Literary Festival, Global Fashion Week, Global Festival of Journalism and recently an Iranian Week at AAFT- Asian Academy of Film And Television added a lot to the relations.,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios and ICMEI.

“Lock down and Corona virus must have postponed some of the designed events but the relation between the two centers and people to people is still on.  We are happy to bring programs from Iran, in this lock down, for broadcasting on our Radio Noida and MSTV,” added Dr. Sandeep Marwah.

Dr. Habibreza Arzani PhD. in Comparative Religions Studies Iran, Prof Mahmood Karimi of University of Imam Sadiq Tehran and Dr. Shirin Ahmaadnia Associate Professor of Sociology Allameh Tabalaba i University Tehran participated from Iran and Prof Azra Abdi Dept. Of Sociology Jamia Millia Islamia New Delhi also spoke from India. Mehdi Baqar Khan.t hosted the event.

ICMEI Announced Joint Film Production With Iranian Director

New Delhi: Indo Iran Film And Cultural Forum of ICMEI in association with AAFT University announced a joint venture of documentary film to be shot in Delhi informed Ashok Tyagi Secretary General of ICMEI.

The film wing of International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry and Embassy of Iran in New Delhi decided to promote cinema together.  A renowned filmmaker Soheil Abdollahi is already in India to start a documentary on Indian subject.

“We are ready to join hands with Iranian film maker to produce this documentary which will be different from other productions we have completed as it will be from the point of view of foreign director,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of ICMEI.  

Marwah Studios will provide all the facilities what film director Soheil is looking for in India. AAFT Alumni will also participate in the film production. Sandeep Marwah presented life membership of International Film And Television Club of AAFT to the visiting Iranian Director Soheil Abdollahi.

AAFT Celebrated 26th Year In Education

AAFT Celebrated 26th Year In Education With Creative Team From Iran

Noida: “22^nd July is the opening day of first batch of Asian Academy of Film And Television in 1993. AAFT has completed today 26^th year in film, television and media education and turn out to be one of the ten best film schools of the World,” informed Dr. Sandeep Marwah Founder and President of AAFT.

“What a pleasure to celebrate 26^th year in education with the team of creative people from Iran. I am thankful to each and every member associated with AAFT ( present and past) who all have contributed to the growth of this institution which has taken a shape of an institution in all these years,” added Dr. Sandeep Marwah now Chancellor of AAFT University.

AAFT is the education setup of Marwah Studios and has created enormous records in education.  Not only Marwah Studios is the founder of Noida Film City, the first professional studio of North India, first private film school of India, It has trained 15000 media professionals from 145 countries of the World.

“Education is one of the most powerful things in life. It allows us to find the meaning behind everything and helps improve lives in a massive way. Education gives us an understanding of the world around us and offers us an opportunity to use that knowledge wisely,” said Mohit Marwah MD Asian Education Group.
“Irrespective of race, creed, and gender, education makes it possible for people to stand out as equal with all the other persons from different walks of life. Overall, education is the platform that makes it possible to defeat all barriers,” added Akshay Marwah CEO Asian Education Group.

Workshop by Iranian Film Director Ebrahim Hatamikia at AAFT

Workshop by Iranian Director Ebrahim Hatamikia

Noida: Indo Iran Film And Cultural Forum in association with ICMEI organized a workshop by Iranian film director Ebrahim Hatamikia at AAFT University of Media And Arts at Marwah Studios Complex, Film City Noida.

After a powerful discussion there was a screening of Iranian Film- Bewaqt Sham directed by Mr. Ebrahim Hatamikia which has already been marked as one of the best film in Iran and has been awarded number of times in different festivals.

Ebrahim Hatamikia is an Iranian screenwriter and film director who's movies are considered to be the best that tackle the war and the issues surrounding it & his works have often received admiration in national film festivals. Damascus Time, Bodyguard, Chee, Davat, Be Name Pedar, Low Heights, The Red Ribbon, The Glass Agency, Boorj E Minoo are some of the popular films of him.

Dr. Ali Delgahi Cultural Counselor, Embassy of Iran in India was also present on the occasion.

Sandeep Marwah Special Invitee at Iran Embassy

Sandeep Marwah With Dr. Ali Chageni, Ambassador of Iran to India

New Delhi: A lecture on "Emerging Cultural Relations between India & Iran in the present scenario & Iranian Cultural Revivalism in recent decades"   was organized by Iran Culture House delivered by Dr. Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, the Special Advisor to the Supreme Leader of I.R. Iran, the former Speaker of Iranian Parliament and the Chairman of Academy of Persian language and Literature, Iran.

“We are feeling elevated as International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry at Marwah Studios developing better and smarter relation with Iran through Art and Culture. We have a wonderful relation with Iran and we keep on organizing different events to inform people of Iran and India that we are best friends,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of ICMEI.

“I am happy to learn that Indo Iran Cultural Forum at ICMEI is doing well and contributing a lot in strengthen our relations with India,” said Dr. Ali Chageni, Ambassador of Iran to India.

Dr. Ali Dehgahi, Cultural Councilor of Iran in New Delhi, Seyed Shahid Mehdi, Former V.C of JMI, Muzafar Ali, film Director and President Rumi Foundation of India, Seyed Sibtey Razi, former governor of Jharkhand & Assam, Professor S. R. Bhatt, Chairman, Indian Council of Philosophical Research, Professor Sharif Hussain Qasemi, former HoD Persian, University were also present there.

Exhibition of Paintings by Iranian Painter at Marwah Studios

Painting Exhibition by Mehboobeh Nikooghodam

Noida: International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry and Asian Academy of Film And Television organized an exhibition of paintings by renowned painter from Iran Mehaboobeh Nikooghodam at Marwah Studios.

“It is the most fascinating collection of paintings from Iran. The exhibition has given a new set of knowledge and education to the students of this institution,” said Dr. Sandeep Marwah President of Asian Education Group while inaugurating the exhibition.

Indo Iran Film And Cultural Forum has moved ahead with this gesture. The exhibition is depicting Iranian culture and it has been so well accepted by the film, television and media students of AAFT,” said Hojatollah Abedi the Deputy Cultural Councellor of Embassy of Iran.

The painter and miniature artist, Mahboobeh Nikooghodam, completed her graduate diploma in Trehan and she learned painting at Hatfield Polytechnique University, London, UK.

She has held over 40 domestic and international exhibitions in countries such as: United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Canada, Netherlands, India, and alongside she has always been teaching paintings to her students.

Iran Cultural Centre Invited Sandeep Marwah

ICMEI And Iran Embassy Will Work Together For Art Promotion

New Delhi: The Cultural Centre of Iran Embassy invited Sandeep Marwah President of Marwah Studios to discuss in detail the cultural affiliation with International Chamber of Media And Entertainment Industry.

Sandeep Marwah President, Ashok Tyagi Secretary General and Rajiv Mathur Director ICMEI visited the Centre to meet Dr. Ali Dehgahi Cultural Councellor and Head of Iran Cultural House along with Hojatollah Abedi Deputy Cultural Councellor of Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran at Iran Cultural House.

“We have some concrete plans to develop and promote relations with the country of Iran, to start with a scholarship has been announced for the deserving student to learn cinema in short term course at AAFT- Asian Academy of Film And Television. It will followed by A festival of films and exhibition of Paintings from Iran at Marwah Studios,” said Sandeep Marwah President ICMEI.

“We will cooperate to our best and would love to have a very strong and long lasting relations with ICMEI,” said Dr. Ali Dehgahi.