The nominees were picked by an expert panel made up of members of the European Film Academy and reps of the Fipresci int’l federation of film critics.

Copley’s Christian Walker, along with Deena Pilgrim played by Susan Heyward, is assigned to investigate cases involving people with extraordinary abilities.

Twenty-eight narrative and documentary films will screen at the festival, IFF’s founder and executive director announced.

“When a natural disaster hits, older persons suffer disproportionately high levels of death and injuries,” Ban Ki-moon said.

The prize, officially called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was set up in 1968.

The Office also plans to provide full sets of protection gear, including chemical protection suits, masks, gloves, rubber boots and glasses.

The attack took place about 2 km north of Kobani, which has been the scene of heavy clashes between Kurdish forces and IS fighters.

Exact numbers of Azerbaijani fighters in Syria are not known. Estimates in news reports have ranged from 200 to 300.

Giorgi Ovashvili’s “Corn Island,” which is Georgia’s foreign Oscar candidate and took the top prize in Karlovy Vary opened the fest.

“The Book of Life” is a colorful and vibrant animated story based around the Mexican Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.