Oscar nominee Bouchareb visits IFS

The Algerian-French film director Rachid Bouchareb visited this years Stockfish Film Festival in Iceland and stopped by at the Icelandic Film School to share his visions with teachers and students.

His latest film “Road to Istanbul“ was on the festival program having had it´s premiere only weeks before at the Berlinale.   Bouchareb´s films always provide widespread attention and often touch themes as cultural diversities and collations – in his latest film – complications in relations between the east and west.

Says Sigrún Gylfadóttir, project manager at Acting at Icelandic Film School. She adds that Bouchareb has already received two nominations for the Oscars as the best foreign film representing Algeria.

The director gave an interesting and generous Q & A for students about his career and film making. Asked about advice to young film makers he gave the answer:

If I can give you any advice it would be, first and last to follow your heart and find your true passion. Let that be your energetic aproach to your art.