Behnam Behzadi (Persian: بهنام بهزادی, ''Behˈnām Behzādī,'' born July 24, 1972) is an Iranian director, screenwriter, editor and produce
He’s one of the internationally acclaimed Iranian directors and his films have received multiple awards from national and international film festivals. His latest feature film ''Inversion'' appeared in the
Un Certain Regard
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section of
Cannes Film Festival
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official selection. This film also received the Best Picture award at Med Film Festival in
Italy
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and the Best Picture and Best Screenplay awards at
Jaipur International Film Festival
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in
India
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. He has also won the Best Director award for ''We Only Live Twice (Before The Burial)'' from Granada film festival in
Spain
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and received the Special Jury Prize for ''Bending The Rules'' at
Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival
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in
Germany
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Three Continents Festival
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Crystal Simorgh for Best Director
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Winners and nominees
Most wins and no ...
and
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film
Crystal Simorgh for Best Film is an award presented annually by the Fajr International Film Festival held in Iran.
Winners and nominees
Most wins and nominations
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at the international section and Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay at the national section of the 31st Fajr International Film Festival.
Moreover, he is the founder of Maajara Film School, an online educational start-up aiming to utilize the most innovative educational methods available to help foster interest in filmmaking and provide professional training in a wide range of cinematic fields.
Life and career
Behnam Behzadi Borujeni was born on July 24, 1972 in Borujen. He started his artistic activities as a teenager with theater and photography. Afterward, he took an interest in filmmaking and made his first short film ''Super 8'' at the age of 16. He earned his Bachelor's degree in filmmaking at
Iran Broadcasting University
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and then started making films professionally.
Behzadi has made over 20 short films, documentaries and television films, and 4 feature films. He has several essays and writings published in journals. He has also served as a member of the juries committee for various national and international festivals including Gothenburg Film Festival in Sweden. He has been teaching filmmaking to the students of Master’s degree in
Tehran University of Art
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, Faculty of Cinema and Theater, and
Soore University
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in Tehran since 2015.
Filmography
Feature films
Short films
* ''Grandfather, 8 mm, 1988''
* ''To Live, Film Video, 1992''
* ''Today is Monday? 16 mm, 1993''
* ''Day 1, Film Video, 1996''
* ''Revenge, 16mm, 1999''
* ''Father’s Stories (10 short films collection), Film Video, 2000''
* ''We Went to the Riverside, Film Video, 2001''
Awards
''Revenge:'' Winner of Isfahan’s
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in 2010, Winner of the FIPA Award for Best Short Film in France, 2000 - ''We Went to the Riverside:'' Winner of Golden Kite Award for Best Picture at the 2005 Buenos Aires Film Festival in Argentina - ''Hide Your Words'': Nominated for the Best Short Documentary Award at IDFA in Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2002 - Winner of the 2003 Silver Docs Special Jury Award in the
U.S
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.
Documentary films
* ''1989, Ashura, 8 mm''
* ''1994, College, 16 mm''
* ''1996, Hand and Straw, Film Video''
* ''1997, Tile’s Blue Resonance, 16 mm''
* ''2002, Hide Your Words, Film Video''
* ''2003, Swan Songs (3 films collection), Film Video''