of the Iranian Cinema Competition at the seventh Fajr International Film Festival – 1989 Jury Member of the Iranian Cinema Competition at the tenth Fajr International Film Festival – 1992 Jury Member of the short films at the 14th Fajr International Film Festival – 1996 Jury Member of the International Film at the 6th International Film Festival of the Sacred Defense – 1997 Jury Member of Iranian Cinema at the 13th International Films for Children and Young Adults – 1999 Jury Member of the fifth celebration of Khaneh Cinema – 2002 Jury Member of Iranian Cinema at the 26th Fajr International Film Festival – 2008 Jury Member of Iranian Cinema at the 28th Fajr International Film Festival – 2010 Jury Member of International Film Festival "Varna" in Bulgaria – 2013 Jury Member of the International Film Festival (SAARC) in Sri Lanka – 2016 Jury Member of the first Shanghai Cooperation Organisation "SCO" International Film Festival in China – 2019 Jury Member of National Cinema Competition at the 15th Resistance International Film Festival – 2019 International praise and criticism Los Angeles Times, American newspaper Kevin Thomas, a journalist of the Los Angeles Times newspaper, in an article entitled "Iran's 'Man, a Bear' Finds Humor, Heart" wrote about the movie A Man and a Bear directed by Masoud Jafari Jozani, published on 12 July 1996, issue of Los Angeles Times:"Once past an awkward start, Masoud Jafari Jozani's "A Man, a Bear" emerges as a courageous satirical allegory on authoritarianism and hardship in contemporary Iran." "Yet, along with its outspokenness, "A Man, a Bear" is also a warm, endearing and often very funny film." The Guardian, British newspaper Ben Walters published a report entitled "First Iranian film shot in US since 1979 gets under way" in The Guardian on 1 September 2009:Production is to begin on the first Iranian film shot in the US since the Islamic Revolution. In the Wind's Eye, directed by veteran filmmaker Masoud Jafari Jozani, is also reported to have the highest-ever budget for an Iranian film at $12m (£7.3m). Variety, American newspaper Variety, the oldest and most prestigious magazine in world cinema, in a report on 8 September 2009 entitled "Open door policy: L.A. lures Iran crew" examined the production of the series In the Wind's Eye and stated at the beginning of its report:As the American public was riveted by the spectacle of riot police suppressing the