Mehdi Jafari
Mehdi Jafari | |
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Jafari at the 2018 Fajr Film Festival | |
| Born | 1969 (age 56–57) |
| Alma mater | Tehran University of Art |
| Occupations | |
| Spouse | Mahin Abbas Zadeh |
Mehdi Jafari (Persian: مهدی جعفری) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and cinematographer.[1][2] In 2021, he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director at the 39th Fajr Film Festival.[3][4][5]
Mehdi Jafari was born in 1969 in the city of Ahvaz . in his Youth he began his artistic career with theater acting . He obtained his B.A from the Arts Faculty at Tehran Art University in 1993 . after completing his education, he started participating in the making of fictional and documentary short films. after that he worked for ten years in the field of Advertisements.
since the year 2004, he has worked as a director of photography on around twenty Iranian films.
since 2016, he has begun making his own feature films.
The Presence of the Short Film A Little bit Higher in the Competition section of the Berlinale in 2006 is considered one of the honors of Iranian short Cinema.
Filmography
Fiction Short Films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Ba madarbozorg | Yes | Yes | 16 mm |
| 1998 | Pilgrimage | Yes | Mehdi Jafari -Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
| 2003 | The Pond | Yes | Yes | 35mm |
| 2005 | A little bit higher | Yes | Mehdi Jafari -Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
| 2006 | All good days | Yes | Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
| 2006 | The Window | Yes | Mehdi Jafari -Mahin Abbaszadeh | 35mm |
Documentaries
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Time | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The Stories | Yes | Yes | 80 min | The Documentary and Experimental Film Center |
| 2006 | Wherever I go the sky is mine | Yes | Safak Pavey | 18 min | Kanoon Institute for the Development of Children and Youth in Iran / Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Ministry of Interior, Iran |
| 2007 | The 23 (TV Series) | Yes | Yes | 750 min | Alireza Reesian - IRIB Chanel 4 |
| 2016 | Name and Particulars | Yes | Yes | 65 min | Yes |
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Beluga | |||
| 2017 | The Atmosphere Station | Yes | Yes | Executive |
| 2019 | The 23 | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2021 | Yadoo | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2025 | The Tear of Reedbed | Yes | Yes | NO |
Cinematography
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2007 | The Night Bus |
| 2011 | Ephemeral Marriage |
| 2012 | A Respected Family |
| 2013 | The Corridor |
| The Exclusive Path | |
| 2015 | The ice age |
| 2018 | Damascus Time |
| 2020 | Abadan 11 60 |
Tv Series
| Year | Title | Director | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | The Sons of Reedbed | Yes | Yes |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Festival | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Special Awards | Torino International Film Festival | Pilgrimage | Won | |
| 2005 | Best Experimental film | Tehran Short Film Festival | The Pond | Won | |
| 2006 | Nominated | Berlinale Short Film Competition | A little bit higher | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Best short film | Didar International film festival. Tajikistan | A little bit higher | Won | |
| 2006 | Best short film | Ceremony of Khaneh Cinema | A little bit higher | Won | |
| 2006 | Francisco Garcia Award | Huesca film festival -Spain | The Window | Won | |
| 2006 | Golden Magnolia | Cyprus documentary film festival | Wherever I go the sky is mine | Won | |
| 2016 | special mention | Schlingel international film festival | Beluga | Won | |
| 2019 | National Golden Simorgh | Fajr Film Festival | The 23 | Won | |
| 2020 | Best Film / Best film script / Best Director | Isfahan international film festival for Children and Youth | The 23 | Won | |
| 2021 | Best Adapted Screenplay | Fajr Film Festival | Yadoo | Nominated | [6] |
| Best Director - Best Film | Won | [6] | |||
| 2022 | Best Film / Best film script / Best Director | Isfahan international film festival for Children and Youth | Yadoo | Won |
References
- ^ "بیوگرافی + عکسهای مهدی جعفری | سلامسینما". www.salamcinama.ir. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "تحلیل، بررسی و نقد فیلم یدو ⚡ مهدی جعفری | وصاله لطیفی" (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ ""مهدی جعفری" سیمرغ بهترین کارگردانی را از آن خود کرد". PANA.IR (in Persian). 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "جعفری جایگزین مهدویان شد/ نخستین تجربه نمایش خانگی با "خونخورده" | خبرگزاری صبا". خبرگزاری صبا | آخرین اخبار فرهنگ و هنر | سینما و تلویزیون (in Persian). 2021-07-29. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
- ^ "نقد فیلم یدو - آبادن شهر بیوفایی". ویجیاتو (in Persian). 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ a b "اسامی کامل برگزیدگان جشنواره فیلم فجر ۳۹ + لیست و جزئیات". ایمنا (in Persian). 2021-02-10. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
External links
- Mehdi Jafari at IMDb