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Reza Mirkarimi is an Iranian film writer and director. He graduated from Fine Arts University in graphic arts in Tehran. His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film named For Him and with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. His 1999 first feature, The Child and The Soldier, has won several national and international awards, including the ”Golden Butterfly” at the 1999 Isfahan International Children and Youth Film Festival, Iran and the "Montgolfiere d'Argent” at the Festival of 3 Continents, Nantes, France, in 2000, as well as the "Golden Shoe" at the "Children and Teenagers Film Festival" in Zelin, Croatia, in 2001. The Child and The Soldier, was released in France in 2001. In 2000, his second feature, Under the Moonlight, dealing with social and religious issues won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics' Week at the 2001 Cannes International Film Festival. The film also won the Best Director's Award as well as the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo IFF in 2001, and the Golden Peacock Award at the International Film Festival of India. His fourth and fifth feature films, As Simple as That (2007) and Daughter (2016), won the Golden George Award for the Best Picture at the 30th and the 38th Moscow International Film Festival respectively. He also contributes to young Iranian directors by producing their films. He has produced Don't be Tired in 2012 and Voice of Silence in 2013. His latest film, Castle of Dreams (2019), won big at Shanghai International Film Festival, receiving three awards for the best picture, the best director, and the best actor. Mirkarimi has so far won seven Golden Simorgh awards at the Fajr International Film Festival. Three of his films have been presented by Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar: So Close, So Far, A Cube of Sugar, and Today. He has also sat on several international film festival juries, including Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia), Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan), Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia), Bogota International Film Festival (Colombia), Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival (Armenia), and as jury president at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival. He has also served as managing director of Khane-ye Cinema. Reza Mirkarimi has been director of Fajr International Film Festival for the last four years.
The 18th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 1 to 12 July 1993. The Golden St. George was awarded to the French-Belarusian film Me Ivan, You Abraham directed by Yolande Zauberman.
The 19th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 July 1995. The Golden St. George was not awarded.
The 20th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1997. The Golden St. George was awarded to the American film Marvin's Room directed by Jerry Zaks.
The 21st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 19 to 29 July 1999. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Japanese film Will to Live directed by Kaneto Shindo.
The 24th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2002. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-French film Resurrection directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani.
The 25th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 20 to 29 June 2003. The Golden St. George was awarded to the Italian-Spanish film The End of a Mystery directed by Miguel Hermoso.
The 26th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 to 27 July 2004. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Our Own directed by Dmitriy Meshiev.
The 27th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 July 2005. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Dreaming of Space directed by Alexei Uchitel.
The 28th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 23 June to 2 July 2006. The Golden George was awarded to the Swedish film About Sara directed by Othman Karim.
The 29th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2007. The Golden George was awarded to the Russian film Travelling with Pets directed by Vera Storozheva.
The 35th Moscow International Film Festival took place between 20 and 29 June 2013. World War Z was selected as the opening film. The Golden George was awarded to the Turkish film Particle.
As Simple as That is a 2008 Iranian drama film directed by Reza Mirkarimi. It won the Golden George at the 30th Moscow International Film Festival. As Simple as That marks a milestone in current Iranian cinema as a rare realist depiction of a woman from the middle class.
The 34th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 21 to 30 June 2012. Dukhless was selected as the opening gala film and closed with Beloved by Christophe Honoré. The Golden George was awarded to Junkhearts (2011) directed by Tinge Krishnan.
The 32nd Moscow International Film Festival was held from 17 to 26 June 2010. The Golden George was awarded to the Venezuelan drama film Hermano directed by Marcel Rasquin.
Daughter is a 2016 Iranian drama film directed by Reza Mirkarimi. It was screened in the Competition section at the Moscow International Film Festival 2016 and International Film Festival of India 2016. It won the Golden Peacock Award for the Best Film at International Film Festival of India 2016. It was also the best film in the 15th Dhaka International Film Festival.
The 41st Moscow International Film Festival was held from 18 April to 25 April 2019.
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- ↑ "30th Moscow International Film Festival (2008)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 1 June 2013.