Ali Rafeei

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Born in 1938, Esfahan, Iran

Theater & Film Director, Stage & Costume Designer, Script translator

Education:

BA & MA in Sociology, Sorbonne University, France, 1970-1972
BA & MA & PhD in Theater, Sorbonne University, France, 1973-1974

Directorship:

1974 Antigone, Molavi Hall, Tehran
1976 Mourning by the High Wall, Tankard Dorsett, translator, director and designer, City Hall, Tehran
1976 Memories and Nightmares of a servant before the slaughter of Mirza Taqi Khan Farahani, script writer, director and stage designer, City Hall, Tehran
1977 Crimes & Punishments, by Dostoyevsky, City Hall, Tehran
1992 Memory of Sand Halls, script writer, director, stage designer, City Hall, Tehran
1997 An Unforgettable Day for the great Scientist Woo, by an anonymous writer, translator, director, stage and costume designer, Vahdat Hall, Tehran
1998 Bloody Wedding, Vahdat Hall, Tehran
2000 Romeo & Juliette, Vahdat Hall, Tehran
2001 Ehtejab Prince, by Hushang Golshiri, Vahdat Hall, Tehran
2002 Maids by Jean Jennet, translator, director, stage and costume designer, City Hall, Tehran
2003 It doesn’t snow in Egypt, by Mohammad Charmshir, City Hall, Tehran
2005 Fish fall in love, film-script, director, A feature film
1993-1994 Miser by Moliere, TV Channel 2, Iran

kioumars Moradi

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Born in 1972,Tehran

Master of Arts_ Theater Directing

Bachelor of Arts_ Dramatic Literature

Performances:

Home BY Naghmeh Samini, 2009
An Autumn Midnight Dream By. Naghmeh Samini 2008
Electra & Romeo & Juliet By. Sophocles & William Shakespeare 2007
Death & poet By Naghmeh Samini,Performed 2006
Julius Cesar by W. Shakespeare 2005
Rewrite by Naghmeh Samini 2005
Lesson by Ojen Unesco, Play-read 2004
Sheklak by Naghmeh Samini 2003
Dream in an Empty Cup by Naghmeh Samini 2002
Secrets & Lies by Naghmeh Samini 2001
The Spell of the Burned Temple by Naghmeh Samini 2000
Sinbad’s 8th Trip by Bahram Beizai 1999
Aziz-e Ma’ee by Mehrdad Rayani Makhsoos 1996
Mostakhdem-e Mashini by Harold Pinter 1995
Sobh Toloo’ Mikonad by Ebrahim Maleki 1994

Awards:

Winner of the 1st Prize for “The Best Foreign Theater” in the 9th National Theater Festival of National School of Drama 2008
Performance of “Death & Poet”,New Delhi / INDIA,2007
Winner of the 1st Prize for “The Best Foreign Theater” in the 8th National Theater Festival of National School of Drama, 2006
Critics & audience best selected performance of the year   Tehran / IRAN, 2004
5 Performance of “Dream in an Empty Cup”, New Delhi / INDIA,2004

Farideh Fardjam

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(The first female Iranian playwright)
Born in 1938 in Tehran, Iran
Writer, poet, playwright, screenwriter, film and theater director
Education:
High School Diploma from France (Baccalaureat), Paris, France
Bachelor in French Language and Literature, Tehran University, Iran
Graduate of the Amsterdam Film and Television Academy, 1970
Teaching:
2003-20110 Idaho State University, Boise
Works and Publications:
1950s –Short stories published in Ferdowsi, Khousheh and Bamdad periodicals, Tehran, Iran
1960s –Poems published in Daftarhayeh Zamaneh, MajaleyehArash
1960 – Hassani, children’s literature
1964 –Tajmah, drama
1964 –HavayehMoghava-I (Cardboard Weather), drama
1964 –Arous (Bride), drama
1966- Bachehavaba’dazZohr (The Children and the Afternoon), screenplay
1966 –Khaneyeh Bi-bozorgtar (House without Elders), drama
1966 –The Unexpected Guests, children’s literature
1966-Bachehavaba’dazZohr (The Children and the Afternoon)
1967–AmouNorouz, children’s literature
1967–Illustration and editing of The Small Black Fish by SamadBehrangui
1967–Collection of poems entitled Khakehpayehsarvarehsarvaran (The dirt at the feet of the master of masters) and JenabehMirza Mohammad Khan in Neguin periodical.
1968–NanehSangak (Sangak Bread), drama
1968 –The Crystal Flower and the Sun, children’s literature
1970’s –Director of Children Past and Present, film premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam
1970’s –Director of With their Holy Hands, film premiere at Edinburgh Film Festival and Strasbourg film Festival
1970 – Invited by the Bread and Puppet Theatre to direct plays in protest to the Vietnam War, Paris, France
2002 –From Blossoms to Cherries, collection of poems
2004 – With love…Maria, screenplay
Prizes and Professional Achievements:
First Iranian author to receive an international prize in children’s literature
One of the first female Iranian playwrights
1966 – Authorof first book published by Kanoon “Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults”, Unexpected Guests, published 18 times until 2008 and translated in English, French and Korean.
1968 – Winner of the Golden Plaque at the Bologna Children’s Book Fairin Italy , and the UNESCO prize of Japan for The Crystal Flower and the Sun.
1960’s – Founding member of the Council of Children’s Books
1960’s –Founding member of Kanoon “Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults”.
1962 – Founder of Iranian Books Section of International Library of Children’s Books in Munich (UNESCO).

Daryoush Mehrjui

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Born in 1939, Tehran
Education:
1865: BA in Philosophy, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA
Activities:
Editorship of Pars Review in Los Angeles, USA

Films:
2009: Mir Norouzi
2008: Tehran in Search of Beauty (First Episode, Tehran, Tehran)
2006: Santouri
2003: Mother’s Guest
2001: Bemani
1999: Mix
1998: The Island Stories (First Episode, Lost Cousin)
1997: Pear Tree
1996: Leila
1994: Pari
1992: Sara
1991: The Lady
1989: Hamoun
1987: Shirak
1986: The Tenants
1980: The School we went to
1978: Mina Circle
1972: Postman
1970: Mr. Naïve
1969: The Cow
1967: Diamond 33

Awards:
Mehrjui has received 49 national and international awards, including:
The Cow:
1970: The best film of Tehran International Film Festival
The best film of the History of Iranian Cinema, 1972, 1988, 1999
The Postman:
1971: The prize of the Protestant Church and Golden Plaque of the jury of Berlin International Film Festival
Hamoun:
1991_ The Bronze Prize of the best movie, 24th Huston International Film Festival
Sara:
1993_ Golden Sea-Shell for the best film, 41st San Sebastian international film festival, Spain
Mother’s Guest:
2004_The best film, 22nd Fajr Film Festival, Tehran

Bahman Farmanara

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Born 1942 in Tehran

Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer
BA in Cinema, University of Southern California, 1966
He moved to Canada in 1980, establishing a distribution company and a film festival for children and young adults in Vancouver.
He returned to Iran in the late 1990s.

Filmography:

1972: The House of Qamar Khanoom,
1974: Prince Ehtedjab,
1978: The Tall Shadows of the Wind
2000: Smell of Camphor, Scent of Jasmine
2001: A House Built on Water
2005: A Little Kiss
2007:The familiar soil,

Productions:

The Desert of the Tartars by Valerio Zurlini, 1976
The Divine One (Malakout) By Khosrow Haritash, 1976
The Chess Game (Shatranj Baaz) By M.R.Aslani, 1976
The Crow (Kalagh) By Bahram Beyzaii, 1977
The Report (Gozaresh) By Abbas Kiarostami, 1977
The Night Never Ends (Dar Emtedad Shab) By Parviz Sayad, 1978
Tall Shadows Of The wind (Saye Haye Bolnd-e Baad), 1978
Leolo By Jean Claude Lauzon, 1990
A House Built On Water (Khaneii Rooye Aab), 2002

Writings:

Prince Ehtejab Co-Writer With Houshang Golshiri Based On Golshiri’s Novel By The Same Name, 1974
Tall Shadows of The Wind Co-Writer With Houshang Golshiri Based on His short story “The First Innocent”, 1979
Smell of Camphor, Fragrance of Jasmine Original Script, 2000
A House Built On Water Original Script, 2002
A Little Kiss, 2005
A Passage To Darkness Original script

Documentary films:

Norouz Va Khaviar, 1969
Tehran-e- No va Kohneh, 1970
Television:

From 1968 to 1971 Over 150 Weekly Programs On Current Cinema As Producer and Anchorman

Awards:

_PRINCE EHTEJAB

Grand Prix For Best Film In 3rd Tehran International Film Festival 1976.

_SMELL OF CAMPHOR, FRAGRANCE OF JASMINE

8 Awards at Fajr International Film Festival, Including Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Supporting Actress Best Art Direction, Best Make Up, Special Jury Prize For Best Film Montreal International Film Festival 2000

_A HOUSE BUILT ON WATER

Winner Of 5 Awards at Fajr International Film Festival, Including Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Art Direction.

 

Abbas Kiarostami

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1940, Tehran, Ira- 2016, Paris

Film director, screenwriter, and film producer

Also a poet, photographer, painter, illustrator, and graphic designer

BA Painting, Tehran University, Faculty of Fine Arts

Honors and awards:

Prix Roberto Rossellini (1992)
Prix Cine Decouvertes (1992)
François Truffaut Award (1993)
Pier Paolo Pasolini Award (1995)
Federico Fellini Gold Medal, UNESCO (1997)
Palme d’Or, Cannes Festival (1997)
Honorary Golden Alexander Prize, Greece (1999)
Silver Lion, Venice Film Festival (1999)
Akira Kurosawa Award (2000)
Honorary doctorate, École Normale Supérieure (2003)
Konrad Wolf Prize (2003)
President of the Jury for Caméra d’Or Award, Cannes Festival (2005)
Fellowship of the British Film Institute (2005)
Gold Leopard of Honor, Locarno film festival (2005)
Prix Henri-Langlois Prize (2006)
Honorary doctorate, University of Toulouse (2007)
World’s great masters, Kolkata International Film Festival (2007)
Glory to the Filmmaker Award, Venice Film Festival (2008)
Cup of Jamshid Award (2008)
Jury member at numerous film festivals, most notably:
The Cannes Film Festival in 1993, 2002 and 2005
The president of the Camera d’or Jury in Cannes Film Festival 2005
Venice in 1985
Locarno in 1990
Cannes in 1993
San Sebastian in 1996.
Cannes in 2002
São Paulo International Film Festival (2004)
Cannes in 2005 (president)
Capalbio Cinema Festival in 2007 (president)

Books :

Abbas Kiarostami, Abbas Kiarostami: Cahiers du Cinema Livres (24 October 1997) ISBN 2866421965.
Abbas Kiarostami, Walking with the Wind (Voices and Visions in Film): English translation by Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak and Michael C. Beard, Harvard Film Archive; Bilingual edition (28 February 2002) ISBN 0674008448.
Abbas Kiarostami, 10 (ten): Cahiers du Cinema Livres (5 September 2002) ISBN 2866423461.
Abbas Kiarostami, Nahal Tajadod and Jean-Claude Carrière Avec le vent: P.O.L. (5 May 2002) ISBN 2867448891.
Abbas Kiarostami, Le vent nous emportera: Cahiers du Cinema Livres (5 September 2002) ISBN 286642347X.

           Filmography:

Copie conforme (2009)
Shirin (2008)
(2007) (segment “Where is my Romeo?”)
Kojast jaye residan (2007)
Roads of Kiarostami (2006)
Tickets (2005)
10 on Ten (2004)
Five Dedicated to Ozu (2003)
Ten (2002)
ABC Africa (2001)
The Wind Will Carry Us (1999)
A Taste of Cherry (1997)
Lumière and Company (1995)
“Through the Olive Trees” (1994)
And Life Goes on…    (1991)
Close Up (1990)
Homework (1989)
Where Is the Friend’s Home? (1987)
First Graders (1984)
Toothache   (1983)
Fellow Citizen (1983)
The Chorus (1982)
Orderly or Unorderly (1981)
Dental Hygiene (1980)
First Case, Second Case (1979)
Solution No. 1 (1978)
How to Make Use of Our Leisure Time? (1977)
Tribute to the Teachers (1977)
The Report (1977)
A Suit for Wedding (1976)
the Colours (1976)
Two Solutions for One Problem (1975)
So Can I (1975)
The Traveler (1974)
The Experience (1973)
The Break time (1972)
The Bread and Alley (1970)

Hamid Samandaryan

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1931 – 2012 Tehran

Education:

University of Berlin
Hamburg’s Music Conservatory and Dramatic Arts
Drama’s directed:
Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit, 1962
Henrick Inbsen’s Ghosts, 1963
Jean Paul Sartre’s The Victors, 1963, 1978
Moullier’s Forced Physician, 1964
Durrenmatt’s Hercules and Ojias’ Stable, 1965
Arthur Miller’s: A Glance from the Bridge, 1969
Durrenmatt’s The Visit, 1972
Eugene Ionesco’s Rhinoceros, 1972
Antoine Chekov’s Seagull, 1977
Durrenmatt’s Play Strindberg, 1972,1999
Brecht’s The Caucasian Chalk Circle, 1998
Tennyson William’s Glass Zoo, 1963
Max Frisch’s Andora, 1967
Durrenmatt’s Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
Jean Anouilh’s Leokadia, 1964

Radio plays directed:

Durrenmatt’s Twilight of last days of Autumn, 1962
Durrenmatt’s Puncture, 1962
Durrenmatt’s Twin, 1962
Durrenmatt’s Vega’s Measures, 1962
Durrenmatt’s Physicists, 1987
Jean Anouilh’s Antigone, 1997

Tele-Theater:

Durrenmatt’s Twilight of last days of Autumn, 1963
Durrenmatt’s Play Strindberg, 1972
Luigi Pirandello Jar, 1974
Piere Ferari’s Plastic Surgery, 1961
Maria Ramashado’s Small apparition, 1961
Roger Ferdinand’s In the Street at Six O’clock
August Strindberg’s Toward Damascus, 2002
Invited by Regenburg, theater director and the teaching Professor at the University of Munich to Goethe’s institute and directed several plays with German actors (1972-1978)
Durrenmatt’s Shooting Star
Peter Weis’s How Mr. Mukin Pott’s pains are relieved
Durrenmatt’s Puncture
Max Frisch’s Santa Cruz
Heinrich Böll’s Monk and Thief
Heinrich Böll’s Jose
Max Frisch’s Philip Hotz’s Rage
Jean Anouilh’s The Thieves’ Masquerade
Jean Paul Sartre’s No Exit
Durrenmatt’s Marriage of Mr. Mississippi
Hildes Heimer’s Turandokht

Jean Paul Sartre’s The Victor’s

Alireza Naderi

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Born in 1961, Tehran

Education:

1985 Higher diploma in Art, Motahari Teachers Training Center
1995 BA in Directorship, College of Fine Arts
1999 BA in Theatrical literature, Art University, Tehran

Performances:

1992 Scriptwriting and directing the play Ata, the Defeated Officer, 7th Fajr Students Theater Festival, Tehran
1995 Script of the play Two Stories of Rahman’s Stories, Foundation of preservation of works and publication of values of the sacred defense, Vol. 1, Literature of Resistance
1994 Script of the play The Way the Shepherd went into the Well, University Crusade Press, directed by Ali Barezlu, City Theater, Tehran
1994 Script of the play Orders, Love and Contracts, Directed by Farideh Kakavand, Molavi Hall, Tehran
1995 Film script, Shahriar, commissioned by Radio & Television of Islamic Republic of Iran
1995 Scriptwriting and directing the play Commotion behind the Battle Line, 10th Fajr Theater Festival, Published by the Andishesazan Cultural Press, 2005,Tehran
1999 Script of the play The Wall, directed by Mohsen Alikhani, 10th Fajr Theater Festival, Public performance, City Theater, 2000
2000 Film-script and directing Street Dweller, commissioned by Radio & Television of Islamic Republic of Iran
2000 Script and directing the play The Story is written by Iranians, 19th Fajr Theater Festival
2001 script Thanks to the Vivifying Beautiful Noble Life of Adolescence directed by Ali Barezlu, City Theater, Sayeh Hall2000 Scriptwriting Trembling unfortunate people, directed by Mohsen Alikhani, 19th Fajr Theater Festival, Public Performance, City Theater 2001, Silk Road Festival, Mulheim, Germany 2002
2001 Scriptwriting and directing Commotion behind the Battle Line, 20th Fajr Theater Festival, City Theater, 2002
2003 Scriptwriting and directing Four Stories of Rahman’s Stories, 21st Fajr Theater Festival, Public Performance, City Theater, 2003, published by Drama Press 2003, Tehran
2003 Script of A New Atlas on Ragged Clothes of Shahrzad the story-teller, directed by Shokr Khoda Gudarzi, City Theater, Tehran
2004 Scriptwriting and directing 6/31/1377, City Theater, Tehran
2004 Script Takhti (The Story of a Man), commissioned by Radio and Television

Mohammad Yaghubi

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1967, Born in Langaroud, Iran

B.A / Law 1993

Director & Dramatist :

1998 – “Winter 1988″, KOOCHAK Hall
1999 –”The Dance of Torn Papers”, SAYEH Hall
2000 – “The Heart of a Dog “(based on a novel by MICHAEL BULGAKOV), CHARSOO Hall
2001 – “A One-Minute Silence”, CHARSOO Hall
2003–”Red and The rest”, QASHQAEE Hall
2004 –”Geraniums”, CHARSOO Hall
2005 –”The Only Possible Way”, SAYEH Hall
2006 –”The Moon in Water “, SAYEH Hall
2008 –”Machismo”, CHARSOO Hall
2009 –”Drought & Lie”, CHARSOO Hall, and it was performed too in Mülheim an Der Ruhr, Germany (14.oktobber)

Director of the plays written by other playwrights:

1997 –”Night, Mother”, By MARSHA NORMAN, KOOCHAK Hall
2000 –”’Till Tomorrow” By RIMA RAMINFAR, CHARSOO Hall, and it was performed too in Parma, Italy

Books:

1999 – “Winter 1988”
2002 – “The Dance of Torn Papers”

Awards:

The Best Dramatist’s Awards:
1998 –”Winter 1988″—-Winner of the 2nd Dramatist Award
1999 –”The Dance of Torn Papers “—-Winner of the 2nd Dramatist Award in the 17th International Theatre Festival (Tehran, Iran).
2004 –”Geraniums”—- Winner of the 1st Dramatist Award

The Best Director’s Awards:

1998 –”Winter 1988″ —-Winner of the 1st Director Award in the 16th International Theatre Festival (Tehran, Iran)
1999 –”The Dance of Torn Papers “—- Winner of the 2nd   Director Award in the 17th International Theatre Festival (Tehran, Iran).
2000 –”Till Tomorrow” —-Winner of the 3rd Director Award in the 18th International Theatre Festival (Tehran, Iran).
2001 –”A One-Minute Silence” —- Winner of the 3rd Director Award in the 19th International Theatre Festival (Tehran, Iran).

Bahman Qobadi

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Born in 1969, in Baneh, Kurdestan, Iran

Education:
BA in Cinema from Iranian Broadcasting College, 1992

Activities:
Worked as a photographer in Sanandaj Cinematography Society for youth
Assistant director on the Partovi’s film Nanny La’la’ and her children, 1997

Long Films:
2000: A time for the drunken horses
2002: Marooned in Iraq
2003: Turtles fly too
2006: Half Moon
2009: No One knows about Persian cats

Short films:
1990: Golbaji
1990: A Glance
1995: Again rain with melody
1996: Ding
1996: Notebook Quote
1996: God’s fish
1996: Like Mother
1996: Party
1997: Life in Fog
1997: The Pigeon of Nader Flew
1997: Telephone Booth
2003: Daf
2003:The war is over

Participation in Film Festivals as a jury member:
2002: Cannes International Film Festival, Golden Camera section
2005: Rotterdam International Film Festival, Holland
2006: Jeonju International Film Festival, south Korea
2006: Vila do Conde International Short Film Festival, Portugal
2006: The jury head of the competition section of the third Anonimul International Independent Film Festival, Romania
2007: Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil

Awards:
1999: Nominated for Gold Plaque of the first term of Selected director of Iran Actor Site for A Time for Drunken Horses.
2000: Selected director of writers and critics for his A Time for Drunken Horses
2000: Camera d’Or at Cannes Film Festival
2002: Gold Plaque for Marooned in Iraq at Chicago Film Festival
2004: Nominated for Golden Status for the film script Turtles Can Fly, Ninth Festival of House of Cinema
2004: Glass Bear and Peace Film Award for Turtles Can Fly at Berlin International Film Festival and Golden Shell at San Sebastian International Film Festival
2006: Golden Shell for Half Moon at San Sebastian International Film Festival

2006: Index Film Award for Index on Censorship

2009: No One Knows about Persian Cats, premiered at Cannes