Reza Farahmand

Reza Farahmand who is graduated in Agricultural engineering, his main concern is documentary cinema and filming complicated facts of societies and cultures . He has been volunteer to take the hardest futuristic days with out any reward in order to show invisible events or intangible records of news . His movies are well known for : rich image, consistent story line in spite of being documentary, focus on the content of story, wise edit and suitable and exciting rhythm.

Director’s Filmography :

• Women With Gunpowder Earrings- Best International Director Award

• Locarno Film Festival 1 – 11 | 8 | 2018  -Semaine De La Critique Section

• Women With Gunpowder Earring – Best Director Award – National Section –  December 2017 .“Cinema Vérité” Iran International Documentary Film Festival 10^th -17^th Dec 2017

• Women With Gunpowder Earrings- Honor title National Section –  February 2018
• honor issuer36th Fajr International Film Festival
• 16e Festival International Signs de Nuit Paris Cité Universitaire de Paris October 4 – 14, 2018 
• Winner of The Best Award .16e Festival International Signs de Nuit Paris Cité Universitaire de Paris October 4 – 14, 2018
• 8th Iranian Film Festival, which will be held in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.  January 9 to 17  2019
• Winner of Best Documentary Award at 8th Iranian Film Festival, which will be held in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.  January 9 to 17  2019
• International Competition program of the 15th edition of ZagrebDox, to be held in Zagreb, Croatia,February 24 – March 3, 2019.
• 11th edition of the International Documentary Film Festival Millenium in Brussels (22 – 30 March 2019
• 21st annual One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, March 6-17, 2019..

• Forgotten Childhood- Selected in Humans fest

Valencia, Spain

• Climbing Room – Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Filmmaker

honor issuer28th Fajr International Film Festival

• honor title Climbing Room – First Place Award

honor issuerRoshd International Film Festival

honor descriptionRoshd International Film Festival is a film festival in Iran. The festival seeks the main objectives of identifying and selecting the best educational and pedagogical films in order to introduce them to the educational systems.

• Edit honor Freedom – Environmental Award

honor title Freedom – Environmental Award

honor issuerCinema Verite, Iran International Documentary Film Festival

honor descriptionDocumentary & Experimental Film Center (DEFC) organizes “Cinema Vérité” Iran International Documentary Film Festival, in Tehran – Iran. The festival tries to express the relationship between reality and truth through documentary films.

• Edit honor Freedom – Selected Films Competition

honor title Freedom – Selected Films Competition

honor issuerFajr International Film Festival

• Edit honor Please Horn – First Place Award

honor title Please Horn – First Place Award

honor issuerCinema Verite, Iran International Documentary Film Festival

• Edit honor Please Horn – Selected Films Competition

honor titlePlease Horn – Selected Films Competition

honor issuerFajr International Film Festival

• Edit honor Shir+Zad – Best Experimental Film

honor titleShir+Zad – Best Experimental Film

honor issuerCinewest, Australia

honor description Since 2003, Cinewest has been subsidized by Sydney Olympic Park Authority to deliver a series of projects annually such as; ‘Media Literacy and Digital Filmmaking Workshop‘, ‘Short Soup International Short Film Festival‘, ‘Cinewest Cinémathèque‘ and ‘Kids In The Park Film Festival‘.