38th Festival 2021

38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

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The Policy Council 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Mohammad Khazaee

Seyyed Sadegh Mousavi

Alireza Rezadad

Jafar Sanei Moghadam

Mehdi Jafari

Tayebe Falakian

Executive Board Heads Of Committees 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Tayebe Falakian

Coordination and Festival Secretariat

Mohammad Ali Dolati

Security

Seyyed Javad Mirhashemi

Publications Affairs

Saeed Pouresmaeeli

Cultural and Educational Affairs

Fakhri Tabatabaei

International Affairs

Arash Rasafi

Production and Technical Support

Navid Kouhbor

Logistics

Masoud Modaresi

Public Relations and News

Ali Jafari

Financial Affairs

NATIONAL COMPETITION-SELECTION CONSULTANTS-Fiction 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Afshin Asadzadeh

Born in September 1972. Bachelor of Clinical Psychology, M.Sc. Student of Executive Management. Has a third degree in production management. Asadzadeh was in charge of preparing the General Directorate of Foreign Program Provision of the Islamic Republic of Iran Television from 1977 to 1979, retaining the position of the head of the administrative affairs of the International Media of the Islamic Republic of Iran Television (Sima Film) and responsibilities such as program evaluator, expert, and consultant for program provision of second channel of IRIB and representative in dubbing affairs of IRIB, deputy director of supply and production of video media institute, director of supply and supervision of external works of the home network of Cinema Organization. Home Network Manager, Deputy Director of Cinema Organization Activities, secretary of the Production and Screening License Council of the Home Theater Office of the Cinema Organization, and has been in charge of the Cinema Organization Office for Supply and Film Supervision since 1998. He has also been the jury of the video cinema section in the second Yas International Film Festival in 2014 and the jury of the national Section of the Fajr Film Festival in 2017.

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Mitra Alavitalab

Born in Tehran. Writer, director, producer, translator and university professor in the field of cinema and theater. PhD in specialized theater studies. She has produced the programs "Iranian Clothes", "Little Iran", "A Window to the World Theater", wrote the satirical screenplay of "Charso" and co-directed the play "Essay of a Pious Man". Translations of "Cinema and the City" by Mark Schill and Tony Fitz-Morris and "Understanding Theater Systems" by Schumit Miter are part of her translation work. Alavitalab obtain's titles such as screenwriter selected for writing the screenplay "Alphabet" from the first International Animation Festival of the Center for Intellectual Development of Children and Adolescents, the Best programer at the Fajr Fashion and Clothing Festival, commendation for directing the play " Essay of a Pious Man " she has also won the 22nd Fajr International Theater Festival and the third director award for her play "Ismail Ismail" in the 4th Clubs Theater Festival.

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Davood Razaee

Born in 1982 in Tehran. Writer, director and cinema instructor. Graduated from the Faculty of Cinema and Theater of Tehran University of Arts and has a master's degree in dramatic literature from Tarbiat Modares University. Rezaee is the author and director of the short films "Waterproof" and "Fibula" and has written works such as the feature films "The Last Time of the Competition" and "The Promise" in six episodes of the series "The Way and Astray" and is part of the group of the writers for the series "Gidokht". He has been nominated for the best director and screenplay of the 33rd Tehran International Short Film Festival and nominated for the best short film of the Fajr Film Festival in 2016. He has also been a jury in the student section of the Tehran International Short Film Festival, 22, 25 and 26.

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Soheil Amirsharif

Born in 1982 in Tehran. Writer and Director. He has a bachelor's degree in cinema and a master's degree in dramatic literature. Amir Sharifi has directed works such as "Ghasalkhaneh", "Seeing" and "Fault". He has won awards such as the best short film from the 63rd London Film Festival, UK 2019, Simorgh for the best short film of the Fajr International Film Festival 2016 and has participated in the international competition section of the 41st Clermont-François Film Festival 2019 in France.

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Mohamadreza Kheradmand

Born in February 1984 in Shiraz. Writer, director and lecturer. He has a bachelor's degree in Directing. Lecturer in directing and screenwriting at the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting University and the Arts. He has directed the films "Twenty-One Days Later" and the short films "Father", "Doyle" and "Reporter". Kheradmandan, won the big love award for the world by the Sun Yet Sen Institute for "Twenty-One Days Later". Liang Jong Lin (China), Best Director and Screenplay Award at the 30th Isfahan Children and Adolescent Film Festival, Special Jury Prize achieving 4th place of Kinolub International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents in Poland, and Best Director Award at the 9th International Film Festival. He has acquired "Tamil" and so on. He has also been a jury of Roshd International Film Festival, Isfahan International Film Festival for Children and Adolescents, International Hundred Seconds Film Festival.

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Mehrdad Hassani

Born in 1986, Rafsanjan. Writer, director and stage designer. Graduated from Bachelor of Arts from Soore University. He has Directed Movies such as "Maybe I Know", "Silence", "Kech", "Shida's homework ", "Cerelac" and "Adaptation". Hassani Awards such as Cobb (Cobb Bag) Canada Grand Prix, UNICEF ICFF Award from India, Best Film of Indian Third Eye Film Festival, Best Film of Jaipur Film Festival India, Best World Peace Film Red Cross Roshd Festival, Special Jury Prize of Razavi Film Festival And has won the award for the best film of Isfahan Children and Adolescents Festival.

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Saman Hosseinpour

Born in 1992 in Saqez. Writer and Director. Master of Cinema. He has Directed films such as "One to nil", "Fish", "Autumn Leaves", "The Man Who Forgot to Breathe", "The Last Embrace", "Slaughter", "Another" and "Birth". Hosseinpour Awards such as the Special Jury Prize of the 61st Zelin International Film Festival 2021, the Grand Prize of Yilmaz Gunay from the 12th London Kurdish Film Festival 2021, the Best Film and Best Director Award of the 10th Omid 2021 International Film Festival, and has won the Best Foreign Film Award from the 14th Early Bird Student Festival of Bulgaria 2018. He is also the jury member of the 25th, 26th, and 27th Slovakia Film Festival 2019-2020-2021, the chairman of the jury of the 15th Early Bird Student Festival of Bulgaria, the chairman of the jury of the 11th Cinema Festival of Italy, the jury of the 2nd International portrait Film Festival of Bulgaria and a judge of the 10th International MikroFAF Festival of Serbia.

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Afshin Asadzadeh

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Mitra Alavitalab

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Davood Razaee

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Soheil Amirsharifi

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Mohamadreza Kheradmand;

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Mehrdad Hassani

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Saman Hosseinpour

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NATIONAL COMPETITION-SELECTION CONSULTANTS-Documentary 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Farshad Ektesabi

Born in 1971 in Tehran. Documentary filmmaker. Graduated in film directing and dramatic literature. Member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association, lecturer in documentary cinema and member of the jury at several film festivals. He has works such as "With Forat", "The Secret of a Sculpture", "A Madman from Scandinavia", "The Child of Isfahan", "Alaleh", "(F-A)", "Suz (Shush)" and: Saadi Carno " in his record. Ektesabi Won Grand prize and Special Award of the Secretary of the Ninth CinemaVérité Film Festival for "With Forat", Golden Statue for Best Film in Entrepreneurship at the 14th CinemaVérité Film Festival for "F-A", Diploma of Honor for Best Director from the 6th Haghighat Film Festival for " The Secret of a Sculpture ", Golden Statue of Best Director at the 30th Tehran International Short Film Festival for" Child of Isfahan ", Honorary Plaque for Best Director at the Shamseh Festival for" Yogurt is Black ", Diploma of Honor for Best Director at the First International Festival of Science and Turquoise Statue has won the best editing of the 6th CinemaVérité Film Festival for the film " The Secret of a Sculpture ".

Documentary

Ezatolah Parvazeh

Lecturer, researcher and documentarian. Bachelor's degree in dramatic literature and a member of Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Associations. He has made the scientific collections "Iranian Bee, Moda" and " Honey ,Little Teacher " and the documentaries "Samovar", "Wind Painter", "The Old Man and the Bazaar" and " O Positive and O Negative". Member of the selection committee of Hasnat Short Film Festival , student film Festival, The CinemaVérité and the Children and Adolescents Festival. Winning a statue and an honorary diploma for the best documentary of the CinemaVérité International Film Festival for "Galin". Jury best prize of CinemaVérité International Film Festival for " My mother is my tribe" , Golden Statue and Diploma of Honor for Best Film at Al Jazeera, Qatar Film Festival. Honorary diploma for the best documentary of FICMA International Film Festival for " Woolen dolls".

Documentary

Nava Rezvani;

Born in 1982 in Sari. Writer, director, tutor and producer. Graduated from Tehran University of Arts with a bachelor's degree in cinema and a master's degree in dramatic literature. Member of the selection committee of the House of Khaneh Cinema. She has Directed documentaries "Coal!", "Lonely", "Dolls Do Not Know" and short films "An Ordinary Ring" and "Mask". Statue for Best Short Documentary and Diploma of Honor for Best Social Documentary for " Coal!" From the CinemaVérité Festival, she is nominated for the best documentary and the best editing for the film "Dolls Do Not Know" from the CinemaVérité Festival. The short film "Mask" was also in the main section of the Locarno Film Festival.

Documentary

Farshad Ektesabi

Documentary

Ezatolah Parvazeh

Documentary

Nava Rezvani

Documentary

NATIONAL COMPETITION-SELECTION CONSULTANTS-Animation 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Siavash Zarrinabadi

Born in 1363 in Abadan. Writer and animation director. He has written and directed the series "Pahlavanan", "Shojaan" and "Zebro Zarang" and produced the film "Mr. Mehraban". Zarrinabadi is a member of the selection and jury member of national and international festivals, including the Tehran International Animation Festival, and a member of the Technical Evaluation Council of the Saba Animation Center and the Screenwriting Evaluation Council of the Provincial Broadcasting Center. In the first and second period of Tehran Animation Festival, the best animated film from FICTS Milan festival for " Zebro Zarang " series, the best director for "Pahlavanan" series in the national festival of radio and television productions, the best producer for the film "Mr. Mehraban" from the national festival. He also participated in the TV animation competition section of the Annecy International Animation Film Festival.

Animation

Sare Shafieipour

Born in 1981 in Kerman. Bachelor's degree in Graphics from the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Master of Animation from Tarbiat Modares University She has directed the animations "Lomo Horror Night", "Steel Window", "Dome Lamp", "Tree" and "Above the Gray Clouds" and has also composed, edited, animated and designed the movements and background of several other works. Shafieipour Awards such as Best Animation Award from Tehran International Short Film Festival, Best Animation from the Perspective of Critics and Writers, Best Children and Adolescent Animation from Tehran Animation Festival, Best Short Animation Director from Isfahan Children and Adolescent Film Festival, Special Award from Berlin Short Film Festival And the Italian pontio festival, the best animation award of the American long day festival, the best film of the Asian section in the animarte festival of Brazil, the best animation and music honorary diploma and the honorary diploma of hope from the American cilmate change festival, the special jury award in FICAE Spain and the best Asian film in Obtained SICAF.

Animation

Mona Abdolshahi (Mona Shahi);

Born in 1984 in Tehran. Writer, director, animation teacher. Graduated from the Faculty of Cinema and Theater of Tehran University of Arts with a master's degree in animation. She has works such as "Red Line", "Boy" and "Red Fire" in her repertoire. Shahi has been a member of the selection committee for the animation of the great Iranian animation festival, Razavi short film, Northwest America and the judge of the Australian cinefest festival. Shahi has won several titles such as the best animation in the international short film section of Tehran 2012 and the international section of the Isfahan Festival 2012 for her “Red Line” Animation, and for the animation "Boy" won awards such as the best animation (Poland Zoom Festival 2015, Frames India 2015, Wetners Australia 2016 And the Silver statue of Roshd Festival and the second prize of AYACC China Festival 2015. The animation "Red Fire" has also won a special award for the jury of the Turkish Amity Festival 2021, the award for the best animation director in the national section of Tehran International Short Film Festival.

Animation

Siavash Zarrinabadi

Animation

Sare Shafieipour

Animation

Mona Abdolshahi (Mona Shahi);

Animation

NATIONAL COMPETITION-SELECTION CONSULTANTS-Experimental 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Seifollah Samadian

Born in 1953 in Urmia. Photographer and documentary filmmaker. Graduated in English Language and Literature. He participated in documentaries like "Tehran at 25 o'clock", "Bam; third day; tenth Day", "One Day in Morocco", "76 minutes and 15 seconds with Abbas Kiarostami" in his repertoire, as well as the cinematographer of three films by Abbas Kiarostami entitled: "ABS Africa", "Roads" and "five". Samadian is the founder and secretary of "Image of the Year" and "Image" Film Festival since 2003, a member of the National Iranian Photographers Society and the Policy Council of The Art and Experience Institute of Iranians Cinema, and the editor-in-chief of Image Magazine (a specialized journal of visual arts). He has participated in solo and group photography exhibitions in Romania, Switzerland, World Press Photo, Paris Photography Month, Fanc Gallery Paris, Exhibition of Iranian Photographers in Paris, Barbican Center in London, Africa Photo Festival. Various including Documenta of Germany, Sharjah Biennale, Istanbul Biennale, Vienna Museum of Contemporary Art, Victoria and Albert Museum (London), Kemper Contemporary Art (France) are on display.

Experimental

Alireza Chitayi

Born in 1980 in Tehran. Director and photographer.Bachelor of Video communication. He has made twelve short films and animations and held three solo photo exhibitions. Chitayi has participated in more than fifty domestic and international film festivals and has been in charge of the artistic management of the Tehran Animation Festival for three seasons. He has also been the jury member of the animation section of the Khaneh Cinema Festival. He won a gold plaque at the Houston Film Festival and the second prize for Best Concept Art at the Resistance Festival.

Experimental

Katayoun Parmar

Born in 1996 in Bandar Abbas. Writer and Director. Bachelor of Cinema Directing from Tehran University of Arts. She has made short films such as "Kill", "Barcelona", "You Are Still Here", "Life" and "A Short Impression". Winning the title of best film, best editing, best actress and best film from the point of view of spectators and best sound from Nahal Short Film Festival, best editing from Tehran International Short Film Festival, best filming from independent short film festival has been among the awards of her works. Permer has participated in several international festivals, such as the Mill Valley Film Festival in the United States. She has also been to the Exground Film Festival in Germany and has won the Best Sound and Best Cinematography award at the Canberra Film Festival in Australia.

Experimental

Seifollah Samadian

Experimental

Alireza Chitayi

Experimental

Katayoun Parmar

Experimental

Jury Members 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Ensie Shahhosseini

Born in 1954 in Gorgan. Writer and Director. Graduated in cinema directing. She wrote screenplays such as "Del Namak", "Let's not muddy the brook", "Pourya Vali", "Avinar", "Rush, Sun’s gone", "Good Night commander" and made several short fiction and documentary films, such as "Baloch Children" "The Last Day of Summer", "Opportunity" and the movies "Penalty" and "More Beautiful Than Life". She has received numerous awards, including the Special Prize of the Catholic Church for his humane outlook from the Carlo Vivari Film Festival in the Czech Republic, the Special People's Award from the International Film Festival of Sicily in Italy, the Crystal Simorgh, and the Best National Film Award, and she has won seven awards in the national section of the Fajr Festival. Shahhosseini has succeeded in obtaining the first degree in art (doctorate) from the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.

Jury Members

Manouchehr Shahsavari

Born in 1957 in Tehran. Cinema producer and writer. Graduated from the School of Television and Cinema. The current CEO of the Khanehcinema . He has produced several films and TV shows, including "Mazar-e Sharif", "Monsoon Season", "A Real Report", "Trouble" and the series "In Your Shelter", "Road", "Hello Mr. Manager" and ... has in his record. Shahsavari has also been the designer and production manager of other works. He is also a member of the Council of the Iranian Film Producers and Distributors Union, the Chairman of the Central Council of the Union, the Chairman of the Screening Guild Council, a representative of the Khanehcinema in the Licensing Council of the Iranian Cinema Centennial Festival, and he has also been the director of the foreign films department of the Farabi Cinema Foundation (FCB).

Jury Members

Mohammad Taghi Fahim

Born in 1956 in Torbat Heydariyeh. Critic, documentarian and cultural expert He has made more than fifteen documentaries and short films, including the short film " Golhaye Tar " and the documentaries "Sodaei", "Tanin Meraj", "Zardsalaran" and "Malkhi Ghool Shod". Fahim has been active in the field of press and is the former editor of the film magazines "Pilban" and "Cinema Media" and a former cultural consultant of IRNA and has participated in film criticism programs such as "Haft". He has been a jury of more than 60 art film festivals and a consultant and film expert of the Martyr Foundation.

Jury Members

Marjan Ashrafi Zade

Born in 1981 in Khuzestan. Writer, director and lecturer of cinema, and master of dramatic literature from the University of Arts. She has made short films such as "Above the Road", "From Minus One", "Seventh Season", "Silence after Whisper", directing two TV movies "Lock is the Key" and "Januzam" And the movie "Abji" and has written several TV series. Ashrafizadeh has won numerous awards for her short films and won the titles of Best Film at the Herat Women's Film Festival, Best Actor at the Beijing Film Festival, Best Actor at the Brooklyn Film Festival and Best Action Film at the American Film Festival for "Abji". She has now been selected as the Director of the twelfth Academy Awards of the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA).

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Mehdi Khorramian

Born in 1969 in Yazd. Director and teacher of animation. Bachelor of Animation Directing from the Faculty of Radio and Television and Master of Graphic Arts. He has made several animations, short films and experimental films such as "Green is the Friendship color ", "Legend of Blossom", "Cut", "Normo", "Alchemist" and "Soozanban". Khorramian has won awards including the diploma and golden camera of the Golden Camera Festival (Germany), the best animation of the Isfahan Children's Festival, the first prize of the Short Film Festival, the award for the best animated film from the London Festival and the award for the best use of special effects. He has been the CEO of the Iranian Animation Filmmakers Association (ASIFA), a member of the Animation Council of the DEFC, the Textbook Writing Commission, ASIFA International, Member of the Animation Department of the IYCS and a Jury of more than 20 animation festivals.

Jury Members

Reza Teymouri

Born in 1976. Director, cinematographer, and director of photography. He has made 14 short films such as "Liberation", "Salmon", "The Third Day of December" and "The Girl Who Had the Cloud" and in documentaries such as "Blacks of Southern Iran", "Iranian-style nose", "We are half of the Iranian population" and "People on one-sided streets" and short films "Who was another", "Death of the hands" and ... has been present as a cameraman. He has also participated as a cameraman in several films such as "Be Calm and Count to Seven", "Tehran Child", "A Long Day" and "Another". Teymouri has won awards including Best Cinematography from KODAK, Best Cinematography at the Dubai Film Festival, Best Cinematography at the Istanbul Film Festival, Best Cinematography at the Khanehcinema Festival, and Crystal Simorgh for Best Cinematography at the Fajr Film Festival.

Jury Members

Reza Fahimi

Born in 1987 in Rafsanjan. Graduated in Cinema Directing and Master of Dramatic Literature from Soore University of Tehran. Member of the Iranian Short Film Association (ISFA). He has made short films such as "One like me", "Went with another Man", "Cloudy Children", "White clad" and the feature film "Life Again". Fahimi has received awards such as Best Director and Film from Tehran Short Film Festival, Best Film from Zero plus Festival in Russia, Best Film from Romania, Dietiatko Ukraine, Best Asian Film from Japan Short Shorts Festival, and Academy Award qualifying festivals 2016. Also, the film "White clad" will be the only representative of Iran at the Oscars 2022 after receiving the grand prize of the Tehran International Short Film Festival. He has participated in the Khorshid, Nahal, and Tehran Short Film Festivals as a selection committee.

Jury Members

Ensie Shahhosseini

Jury Members

Manouchehr Shahsavari

Jury Members

Mohammad Taghi Fahim

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Marjan Ashrafi Zade

Jury Members

Mehdi Khorramian

Jury Members

Reza Teymouri

Jury Members

Reza Fahimi

Jury Members

MEMBERS JURY / COMPETITION INTERNATIONAL 38th Tehran International Short Film Festival- 19-24 October 2021

38 Lia Beltrami

Lia Beltrami, producer director and writer. Her new documentary, A Burst of Song, won 32 award. worldwide, She received the Golden Lion for Peace 2017 in Venice. She directed 50 documentaries all over the world, winning 103 awards for her films. She is appointed as Representative of Religions for Peace at FAO-UN. In 1997 she founded Religion Today Film Festival, and the group Women of Faith for Peace in Jerusalem. She wrote 6 books: the new is “Picnic: the Art of Living”. She is the CEO of the production company Aurora Vision, honorary president of Nostalgia Film Festival, advisor for Dhaka Film Festival and Benin City Film Festival and honorary member of the House of Wisdom, Grenada.

International

Sebastien Simon

born 1983 in France, filmmaker, Professor, Festival programmer, Film critic His movies include The Audience Never Performs, welcome Home, the Collective, The Urban Suite, Flight Mode. He has participated in many festivals including PROGRAMMER & ORGANIZER : short Film Conference, Busan Intl. Short Film Festival, Festival du Film Français de Jeju, Seoul Intl. Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival.

International

Shoko Takegassa

Festival Director of Short Shorts Film Featival While studying English Language and Culture at Sophia University in Tokyo, she gained experience working at a movie theater and at Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival as a volunteer. She also studied Film at the University of Minnesota, USA. She joined SSFF & ASIA in 2015 and served as Programming Manager, where she is in charge of festival programming, hospitality and international relations. She also worked for Tribeca Film Festival as a Shorts screener, and participated in Nordisk Panorama and Soria International Short Film Festival as a jury member. From February 2021, she works as Festival Director at SSFF & ASIA.

International

Virgil Widrich

Born 1967 in Salzburg, works on numerous multimedia and film productions. He is one of the founders and Managing Directors of the multimedia company checkpointmedia GmbH, University Professor of Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and owner and Managing Director of Virgil Widrich Film- und Multimediaproduktions G.m.b.H. His first feature film is "Heller als der Mond" ("Brighter than the Moon"). His short film "Copy Shop" won 38 international awards and was nominated for the Oscar. "Fast Film" premiered in Cannes 2003 and won 36 awards until today. His most recent feature film is "Night of a 1000 Hours" (2016). In 2018 he directed his first music video "Nena & Dave Stewart: Be my Rebel". In total, his work has been awarded 200 international awards. Virgil Widrich lives in Vienna, Austria.

International

Abolfazl Jalili

Born in 1977 in Saveh. Director, Screenwriter and Editor. He has directed works such as "Milad", "Gal", "Det means Girl", "Don", "A True Story", "Soil Dance", "Derna", "Spring", "Flower or Absurdity", "Abjad" , He has "Delbaran", "Tales of Kish", "Hafez" and "Inverted Path" in his repertoire, most of which he wrote the script himself. Jalili Awards such as the Special Jury Prize of the Rome Film Festival, the Golden Pheasant of the Kerala Film Festival, the Golden Cheetah of the Locarno International Film Festival, the solidarity of the San Francisco Film Festival, the Special Jury Prize of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Golden Balloon of the Three Continents Film Festival, He has won dozens of other international awards for his work. He has also been a Jury of domestic and foreign festivals such as the first Moj Film Festival, the Iranian Film Festival in France, the New Delhi Film Festival, and so on.

International