Suzan Iravanian
Safi Yazdanian
Kourosh Ataee
Kourosh Ataee Director, Writer, Producer Kourosh Ataee was born in 1990. He started his career by attending the training courses of filmmaking at the Iran Young Cinema Society in 2007. He received a BA in directing and an MA in drama literature from the Cinema & Theatre Faculty of the Tehran [...]
Azadeh Mousavi
Azadeh Mousavi Director, Writer, Producer Azadeh Moussavi was born in 1980 in Tehran. He has a BA in directing from the Cinema & Theatre Faculty of the Tehran University of Arts. He started working as the Assistant Director and Script Advisor in a short, feature, fiction and documentary films, and has [...]
Payman Maadi
Payman Maadi Director, Writer, Producer Payman Maadi was born to Iranian parents in New York in 1970. When he was 6 his family moved back to Iran. Always fascinated by the cinema, he has acted in, directed, produced and written the scripts to numerous Iranian movies. He has also acted in [...]
Yaser Talebi
Yaser Talebi Director, Writer, Producer Insert Bio FILMOGRAPHY Year Title (Farsi Title) FILMS AT PERSIAN FILM FESTIVAL NEWSLETTER Festival news and exclusive offers
Majid-Reza Mostafavi
Majid-Reza Mostafavi Director, Writer, Producer Majid-Reza Mostafavi was born in Iran in 1984. He started his film career by editing and making short films. His first feature film Unripe Pomegranates (2014) was screened in the main competition sections of more than 10 international film festivals including Moscow 2014, Sao Paulo 2014, [...]
Rouhollah Hejazi
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Bahram Tavakoli
Bahram Tavakoli Director, Writer Bahram Tavakoli is an Iranian film director. Winning numerous awards, he is a well-established filmmaker of the new generation of Iranian cinema. One of his most successful works is 'Here without Me (2011). It is a breathtaking adaptation of Tennessee Williams 'The Glass Menagerie' which was [...]
Mona Zandi Haghighi
Mona Zandi Haghighi Director, Writer Mona Zandi Haghighi was born on October 20, 1972 in Tehran, Iran. She is a Writer, Director, Producer and Editor of short films, documentaries and feature films. Her art works belong to the cinema of post-revolutionary Iran, which focuses on contemporary social issues within Persian [...]
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Persian-speaking filmmakers from across the globe are invited to compete for the Golden Gazelle Award for Best Feature and Best Documentary. For more information check submissions guidelines. A number of awards are presented during the Persian International Film Festival, reflecting our commitment to quality cinema. The Official Competition for best fictional film is at the [...]
