EDUCATION
BA, Graphic Design, University of Tehran, Iran, (2000-2005)
MA, Animation, Tehran University of Art, Iran, (2005-2008)
Joint Master, Documentary Filmmaking, Docnomads, Portugal, Hungary & Belgium, (2015-2017)
PRO SKILLS
Cinematography
Field sound recording
2D&3D Motion design
Animation
Graphic design
EXPERIENCE
Audio-Visual Artist
Freelancer, (2003-Now)
Motion Designer
RealPars, Netherlands, (2020-Now)
StoryHouse, Belgium, (2017-2018)
Teaching Experience
UAST, Iran, (2012 – 2015)
FILMOGRAPHY
Directing
99 Amis de Petite Palmo, Documentary, Mid-lenght, Belgium, Production.
Lost story of Hasanlu Gold Bowl, Post production, Animated – Documentary, Short, Iran, Production.
Rainbow Children: Portrait of Elika, Documentary, 12 min, Belgium, 2018.
Fish without Tank, Documentary, 8 min, Belgium, 2017.
Sidewalk Citizens, Video Art, 3 min, Belgium, 2016.
Thousands of Lullabies, Documentary, 7 min, Hungary, 2016.
Building a Film, Documentary, 13 min, Hungary, 2016.
My Left Hand, Documentary, 4 min, Hungary, 2016.
Case in Pointe, Documentary, 4 min, Hungary, 2016.
Conversation with a Blue Butterfly, Documentary, 6 min, Hungary, 2016.
Matar Saudades, Documentary, 9 min, Portugal, 2015.
Boa Morte, Documentary, 6 min, Portugal, 2015.
Dastan-e-Sofal (The Pottery Tale), Animation, 8 min, Iran, 2008.
Poster Design
Breathless, Feature Documentary by Daniel Lambo, Belgium, 2018. Link to Poster
Sound Recording
99 Amis de Petite Palmo, Mid-lenght Documentary, by Maryam Bayani, Belgium, Post Production.
Rainbow Children: Portrait of Elika, 12 min, Documentary, 2018.
Sidewalk Citizens, Video Art, 2016.
Szuzannas, Short Documentary, by Anna Magdalena Silva Schlenker, Hungary, 2016.
Discount Workers Trailer, by Christopher Patz, Germany, 2016. Online Link , Trailer
Ready Made Dinner, Short Documentary, by Pien Van Grinsven, Hungary, 2016.
Motion Graphic & Title Design
Mahiye Sorkh Shodeh (The Fried Fish), Short Animation by Leila Khalilzadeh, Iran, 2015. Online Link
Caricature Frame, TV Documentary Series by Leila Khalilzadeh, Iran, 2015. Online Link
Portrait of a Filmmaker: Mohammadreza Aslani, TV Documentary by Leila Khalilzadeh, Iran, 2013. Online Link , Trailer
Editing
Trailor of Lost story of Hasanlu Gold Bowl, Post production, Animated – Documentary, Short, Iran, Post Production.
Rainbow Children: Portrait of Elika, Documentary, 12 min, Belgium, 2018.
Thousands of Lullabies, Documentary, 7 min, Hungary, 2016.
My Left Hand, Documentary, 4 min, Hungary, 2016.
Case in Pointe, Documentary, 4 min, Hungary, 2016.
Almas va Shisheh (Glass and Glass Cutter), by Dariush Karamyar, Iran, 2014. Online Link
Director Assistance
Someone Is Weaving, Short Documentary by Leila Khalilzadeh, 2014. Online Link , Trailer
1000 Warps, 1000 Wefts, Short Documentary by Leila Khalilzadeh, 2014.
Felt and Mill, Short Documentary by Leila Khalilzadeh, 2014.
Animation
Lost story of Hasanlu Gold Bowl, Post production, Sand Animation, Under Camera Technique, Short, Iran, Post Production.
Dastan-e-Sofal (The Pottery Tale), 2D Animation, 8 min, Iran, 2008.
A Little Confession, 2D Animation, 10 min, Iran, 2006.
FESTIVALS & EXHIBITIONS
The Pottery Tale
Iran, Cradle of Civilizations, Museo Arqueologico de Alicante, Spain, 2019.
Iran, Ancient Cultures between Water and Desert, Bundeskunsthalle, Germany, 2017.
Screening, Lund University, Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES), 2015.
Main Competition, Tricky Women Film Festival, Austria, 2010.
Iran Representative, One Country One Film, France, 2010.
Registered and Reviewed, ‘The Cypress and the crow: 50 years of Iranian Animation’, 6th Asia Pacific Triennal of Contemporary Art, Queensland Art Gallery, 2010.
Rainbow Children: Portrait of Elika
Official Selection, Festival Jeunesse-Tout-Courts, France, 2020.
International Competition, ShortShorts Film Festival, Japan, 2019.
Competition, Inconvenient Films, Lithuania, 2019.
Documentary Section, Cinemira International Children’s Film Festival Hungary, 2019.
Main Competition, Docudays UA International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, Ukraine, 2019.
Children Section, DOC Leipzig, Germany, 2018.
Children Section, Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany, 2018.
National Competition, Leuven Short Film Festival, Belgium, 2018.
Main Competition, FILEM’ON Festival, Belgium, 2018.
Main Competition, UNAAF International Documentary Film Festival, USA, 2018.
Competition Shorts, Hamilton Film Festival, Canada, 2018.
International Competition, 48th Roshd International Film Festival, Iran 2018.
Thousands of Lullabies
Official Selection, WHO (World Health Organization) Film Festival, Switzerland, 2020.
Competition Shorts, Hamilton Film Festival, Canada, 2018.
AWARDS
The Pottery Tale
Special Mention, 1st International Documentary Cinema & Iranian Archaeology Forum, Iran, 2015.
Best student Animation, 6th Tehran Int. Animation Festival, Iran, 2009
Special Jury Award for the Best Script, 40th Roshd Int. Film Festival, Iran, 2009
Special Mention, 27th Tehran Int. Short Film Festival
Menzione Speciale, XXII Rassegna Internazionale del Cinema Archeologico - X Concorso Premio Paolo Orsi, Spain, 2011
Rainbow Children: Portrait of Elika
Best documentary, BreedBeeld Film festival, Belgium, 2020.
Best Documentary Short, Cinemira, Hungary, 2019.
Youth Vision Award, UNAAF Film Festival, USA, 2018.
Special Mention, Filemon Film Festival, Belgium, 2018.
Best Film chosen by Iranian Foreign Affairs, 48th Roshd Int. Film Festival, Iran, 2018.
Thousands of Lullabies
Best Semester Film, DocNomads, Budapest, 2016
FUNDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
CERA, Arts in Society Award for 99 Amis de Petite Palmo, Belgium, 2017-2018.
CERA, Arts in Society Award for Rainbow Children: Portrait of Elika, Belgium, 2016-2017.
The Documentary and Experimental Film Center, DEFC, Lost Story of Hasanlu Gold Bowl, Iran, 2015.
Internship Scholarship Erasmus+, 2017-2018.
Erasmus Mundus MA Scholarship, 2015-2017.