Mohammad Shirvani

Mohammad Shirvani is an Iranian alternative filmmaker.He was born in 1973 in Tehran; he quit Painting to follow his passion for Cinema. Shirvani has escaped from military service to make his first short film "The Circle" in 1999. This film was selected for the Critics' Week International Cannes festival in the same year. Until 2013, Shirvani has made 18 films; the last one "Fat Shaker" won the Golden Tiger for the best film in Rotterdam Film Festival. His films have been screened in more than 500 international events where he won many prices, such as, Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Locarno, Toronto, Tribeca and Busan. Although he could not screen them widely in his homeland. In 2014, Shirvani published 18 films which he produced on his personal website as a protest against censorship in Iranian cinema.This movement was widely greeted by the public. Unfortunately, a month later his website was banned and making new films became temporarily forbidden for him. However, since 2012,he has been trying to keep Iranian alternative cinema movement alive and fresh by improving young talents through his "Alternative Cinema Workshop".

Filmography

Short Films

TitleTimeFormatYear
The Circle12 MIN35MM1999
The Candidate15 MINDV-35MM2000
To Consent20 MINDV2001
Souvenir20 MINDV2001
The Cherries Which Were Canned13 MIN35MM2002
Iranian Conserve14 MINDV2003
The Calm City2 MINDV2005
Six Eyes23 MINDV2014
Tight Skin of the Ambiance15 MINIPHONE 42014

Documentary Films

TitleTimeFormatYear
Peresident Mir Qanbar65 MINDV2005
Where 's Leili73 MINDV2006
444Days57 MINHDV2007
Seven Blind Woman Filmmakers106 MINDV2004-2008
ranian Cookbook73 MINDV2009
021,Tehran51 MINHDV2010
Telescope78 MINHD2011

Video Art

TitleTimeFormatYear
The Calm City2 MINDV2005
Khayyam5 MINHB2008
Unit Further Notice184 MINHDV2008
Six Eyes23 MINHD2014

Feature Films

TitleTimeFormatYear
Navel82 MINDV-35MM2002
Fat Shaker84 MINHD2013

Performance Art

TitlelocationYear
OpenTehran2011
Face of the Winner manTehran2012
Phoenix, Lake Urmia or Iranian Independent CinemaUrmia2017

Installation Art

TitlelocationYear
Elephant in the DarknessRotterdam2013

Awards

  • The Circle, Best Short Film - Fajr IFF - Tehran- 1999
  • The Circle, Selected for Critics' Week International -Cannes IFF, France- 1999
  • The Candidate, Grand Prize - Marseilles IDFF, 2000
  • Iranian Conserve, Best Short Film - Cinema Tout Ecran IFF, Geneva - 2004
  • Iranian Conserve,Jury Prize - Cracow IFF, Poland - 2005
  • Navel,Grand Prize - Split IFF, Croatia - 2004
  • President Mir Qanbar, Award of Excellence - Yamagata - IDFF, 2005
  • President Mir Qanbar, Magnolia Award for Best Social Documentary - Shanghai TV IFF, 2006
  • Iranian Cookbook, Best Experimental Documentary Film - Cinema Verite IDFF, Tehran - 2010
  • Iranian Cookbook, Best Film of Audience Award . Yamagata IDFF, 2011
  • Iranian Cookbook, Japan Community Cinema Center Award - Yamagata IDFF, 2011
  • Fat Shaker, Tiger Award for The Best Film - Rotterdam IFF, 2013


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