Reza Mirkarimi (Persian: رضا میرکریمی‎, also Romanized as
"RezÄ MÄ«rkarÄ«mÄ«"; born 27 January 1967) 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 (16mm camera) 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 â€" 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 (Iranian Alliance of Motion
Picture Guilds). Reza Mirkarimi has been director of Fajr
International Film Festival for the last four years.
"RezÄ MÄ«rkarÄ«mÄ«"; born 27 January 1967) 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 (16mm camera) 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 â€" 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 (Iranian Alliance of Motion
Picture Guilds). Reza Mirkarimi has been director of Fajr
International Film Festival for the last four years.
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