Iranian filmmaker Reza Dormishian, producer of Dariush Mehrjui’s A Minor, which is about to have its world premiere in competitors on the on-going International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, has not been granted a allow to go away Iran, so is unable to attend the occasion.
Dormishian’s passport was confiscated on the airport and he was referred to an Iranian court docket of regulation for prosecution. Throughout the present nationwide protests in Iran, Dormishian has been sharing posts on his Instagram account to indicate assist for the protestors.
Born in 1981 in Tehran, Dormishian is a screenwriter, director, documentary filmmaker and producer, with credit together with Hatred, I’m Not Angry!, A Minor and No Choice, which have screened at main movie festivals and gained a number of awards. His films have usually criticized points of Iranian society and have been topic to heavy censorship and prolonged bans in his dwelling nation. White Chairs, which he directed and produced in 2017, was shot in New Zealand.
Mehrjui’s debut function, The Cow (1969) was one of many first Iranian movies to display at worldwide movie festivals. A Minor is the twenty seventh function directed by Mehrjui, whose credit additionally embody Hamoun, Santouri, Mum’s Guest, Leila and The Pear Tree. Mehrjui’s movies have travelled to festivals together with Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Tokyo and San Sebastian.
Dormishian directed his debut function Hatred in 2011 in Istanbul, Turkey, since when his credit as a director have included I’m Not Angry!, Lantouri, White Chairs and No Choice. His movies have screened at festivals together with Berlin, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Mar del Plata, Shanghai, Montreal, Vancouver and Istanbul.
Several well-known Iranian actors together with Navid Mohammadzadeh, Bahram Afshari, Mehdi Koushki and Reza Koolghani have had their breakout roles in Dormishian’s movies.
Dormishian has additionally attended festivals comparable to Poland’s Warsaw, India’s Pune and Iraq’s Sulaymaniyah as a global juror. He has additionally labored with Mehrjui on movies together with Orange Suit and Good To Be Back.
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