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Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist, was officially invited by Tim Gray, Executive Vice President of the Golden Globe Awards, has been appointed as a jury member of 83rd Golden Globe Awards 2026 in the United States.
Mansour Jahani, an independent and international cinema journalist who previously served as a judge for the prestigious and specialized American film magazi IndieWire in the 2023, 2024, and 2025 Cannes International Film Festival critics' poll, at this prestigious world cinema event, at the official invitation of Tim Gray, Executive Vice President of the Golden Globe Awards and one of the veteran journalists of world cinema and former editor-in-chief of the prestigious film magazine Variety; he is present as a judge and voter from Iran at the 83rd Golden Globe Awards, which is considered one of the most prestigious film and television awards ceremonies in the United States
Golden Globe voters are comprised of experienced entertainment journalists from around the world. They are active throughout the year and participate in film festivals, serving on juries and reporting on the latest entertainment trends. The Golden Globes are unique among award shows honoring motion pictures, television and podcast programs. Hosted by acclaimed Golden Globe, Grammy® and Emmy®-nominated comedian and actress Nikki Glaser, set to be held in Sunday, January 11, 2026, in Beverly Hilton, LA.
Mansour Jahani graduated from Media University, affiliated with the IRNA, in journalism (art and culture). Receiving his second major in Film Studies at The National Film School in 2018, Jahani had the privilege of studying cinema with world-known film scholars such as Jonathan Rosenbaum, Professor Jean-Michel Frodon, Anges Devictor, Jacques Kermabon, Marion Zilo, Angel Quintana. He also completed the "Cinema Directing" courses in 2019 at the Jozani Free Cinema Workshops under the supervision of Maestro Masoud Jafari Jozani.
Mansour Jahani is an active member of various organizations such as The International Federation of Journalists (IFI) in Belgium (for 22 years), Core member of Association Iranian of Journalists (for 24 years), Iranian Society of Film Critics and Writers in House of Cinema (for 10 years), Sport Reporters and Photographers (ISJA) in Iran (for 22 years), The International Sport Journalists (AIPS) in Switzerland (for 20 years), Writers and Critics Association in Iran and Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq (for 20 years), House of Music Association in Iran (for 15 years), Iran Theatre Critics and Journalists Association in House of Theatre (for 2 years), Iranian Designers & Cinema Advertising Managers Society (for 9 years). Jahani has also received an award in journalism from the Goteborg Art Association.
Jahani, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, he participated as a judge in the voting of the American magazine IndieWire at the Cannes Film Festival and selected the best films. In 2023, 2024 and 2025.
In these years, Mansour Jahani as a journalist specializing in independent cinema has cooperated with great Iranian filmmakers and supported them in the media. From the late and great Abbas Kiarostami who has won the Palme d'Or for “Taste of Cherry” (1997) at the Cannes International Film Festival to Asghar Farhadi who has won the Golden Globe (2012) and won two Oscars, “A Separation” (2012), and “The Salesman” (2017) and who has won the Golden Bear for “A Separation” (2011), Jafar Panahi who has won the Palme d'Or for “It Was Just an Accident” (2025) at the Cannes International Film Festival, won the Golden Lion at the Venice International Film Festival for “The Circle” (2000) and who has won the Golden Bear for “Taxi” (2015), Mohammad Rasoulof who has won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival (2020) and the Un Certain Regard Prize at the Cannes International Film Festival (2017), Bahman Ghobadi at the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes International Film Festival for “A Time for Drunken Horses” (2000) and he has also won two the Golden Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for “Turtles Can Fly” (2004) and “Half Moon” (2006), etc.
Being able to communicate in English, Persian, Arabic and Kurdish, Mansour Jahani has published cinema news in various news agencies and media such as AFP, AP, Reuters, Hollywood Reporter, Variety, Screen Daily, Deadline, IndieWire, Le Figaro, BBC, France 24 TV, Le Monde, Libération, The Guardian, Fabuk Magazine, Le film français, Spiegel, Euro News, France Info, LaPresse, CNN, Fox News, ABC News, DW, ANSA, EFE, The Washington Post, The New York Times, IMDB, High On Films, La Presse, Le film français, Señal News Asharq Al-Awsat, Annahar, RFI, Alquds, Ahram, FilmFestivals, Teleghraph, Azzaman, Yahoo News, etc.
Mansour, as an independent journalist and reporter, has covered international Film Festivals in Cannes, Berlin, Venice, San Sebastian, Thessaloniki, London, Karlovy Vary, Tallinn, Locarno, Busan, Tokyo, Toronto, IDFA, Shanghai, Montreal, Vancouver, and Hot Dogs Canada, Rotterdam, Goteborg and Stockholm, Goa and Kerala, Sundance, Tribeca, Chicago, Miami, Seattle, Big Sky, Tiburon, Santa Barbara, Brooklyn, Houston, Palm Springs, Washington DC, USA, Plus Camerimage Film Festival and Kraków Film Festival in Poland, ZagrebDox Film Festival in Croatia and other film festivals and cinematic events around the world.
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