Seyed Jamal Sadatian (born 13 September 1956) is an Iranian film producer.
Sadatian established the Iranian motion picture company BoshraFilm in 1990.
Sadatian's films include The Color Purple (2005), Fireworks Wednesday (2006), Dayere Zangi (2008), Seven minutes to Fall (2010), Shabane Rooz (2011), The Snow on the Pines (2012), At the End of 8th Street (2012), Saye Roshan (2013), Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz, & Others (2014), A Persian Melody (2015) and Just 6.5 (2019).
The Cinema of Iran, also known as the Cinema of Persia, refers to the cinema and film industries in Iran which produce a variety of commercial films annually. Iranian art films have garnered international fame and now enjoy a global following. Iranian films are usually written and spoken in the Persian language.
Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival, or Fajr Film Festival, has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It takes place on the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The awards are the Iranian equivalent to the American Academy Awards.
Duel is a 2004 Iranian war drama film It was directed by Ahmad Reza Darvish, who was mostly known for films about the Iran–Iraq War. Duel was shot in roughly 11 months in various cities of Iran. The first screening was at the Fajr International Film Festival, in 2004, where it won 8 Crystal Simorgh Award. Also, it is the first Iranian Movie to use Dolby Digital Sound. It is one of the most expensive independent movies ever made in Iranian cinema history.
Khosrow Shakibai was an Iranian actor. He has received various accolades, including three Crystal Simorgh, a Hafez Award, two Iran Cinema Celebration Awards and an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Fatemeh Motamed-Arya is a multi-award-winning Iranian actress. She first got involved in theater during her teen years, and received her degree in theater from Tehran Art Institute. She is one of the most significant actresses of post-revolutionary Iranian cinema and has been called "one of the most important actresses and filmmakers of Iran." She has been nominated nine times for the best actress award at the Fajr International Film Festival and won the Crystal Simorgh four times.
Parviz Shahbazi is an Iranian filmmaker.
Fireworks Wednesday is a 2006 Iranian drama film directed by Asghar Farhadi and co-written by Farhadi and Mani Haghighi. It stars Hedieh Tehrani, Taraneh Alidoosti, and Hamid Farokhnezhad. The film screened for the first time at the 24th Fajr Film Festival and received 9 nominations, 4 awards and a diploma honorary.
Pourān Derakh'shandeh is an Iranian film director, producer, screen writer, and researcher.
Deep Breath is a 2003 Iranian film directed by Parviz Shahbazi. The film won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay at the 2003 Fajr International Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2003 Pusan International Film Festival. The film was also Iran's official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award in 2004.
Shahram Mokri (born 1978) is an Iranian filmmaker. He graduated from Soore University. Mokri started his filmmaking training in the Young Cinema Association and entered the professional world of cinema with his short film "Dragonfly Storm" (2002).
Behrouz Afkhami is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He is known for a style that utilizes point of view camera techniques to portray stories of human drama. He was also member of the Iranian Parliament from 2000 to 2004. He was the host of the third series of the television program, Haft.
Maryam Moghaddam is an Iranian actress, screenwriter and director. She is best known for her acting in Closed Curtain (2013), Risk of Acid Rain (2015) and Ballad of a White Cow (2020). She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, in addition to nomination for an Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association Award.
Mahtab Keramati is an Iranian actress. She has received various accolades, including a Crystal Simorgh, two Hafez Awards. In August 2006, she was appointed as UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in Iran.
Gohar Kheirandish is an Iranian actress and was born in Neyriz. While studying and working in Tehran, Kheirandish started working in television. Her first film, Days of Waiting, was directed by Asghar Hashemi. She then appeared in Lady, directed by Dariush Mehrjoyi.
Narges Abyar is an Iranian film director, author, and screenwriter, best known for directing Track 143, Breath, and When the Moon Was Full. The film Track 143 is adapted from Abyar's novel titled The Third Eye narrating the story of a woman and her son during the time of war. Her films sensitively picture the sufferings of women and children caused by the society, war or radicalism.
The Snow on the Pines is a 2012 Iranian black and white film written and directed by Iranian-American director and actor Peyman Moaadi.
Amir Jadidi is an Iranian actor and tennis player. He is well known in Iran for his starring roles in Crazy Rook (2015), A Dragon Arrives! (2016), The Lost Strait (2018), Cold Sweat (2018) and Day Zero (2020), whereas he is best known internationally for his role as Rahim in A Hero, which won the Grand Prix at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival. Jadidi has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Actor at the 36th Fajr Film Festival for his performances in the war drama The Lost Strait and the sports drama Cold Sweat.
Alireza Alavian is an Iranian sound designer, sound editor and sound mixer.
The 27th Fajr International Film Festival held from 31 January to 10 February 2009 in Tehran, Iran.
The 16th Fajr International Film Festival held 1–11 February 1998 in Tehran, Iran.
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