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Alireza Ghasemi
Iranian screenwriter and director
Alireza Ghasemi (Persian: علیرضا قاسمی; Born 1990) is an Iranian screenwriter, film director and producer. His short film Lunch Time received a nomination for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival in 2017.
Alireza Ghasemi was born in 1990. He began his education at the Film and Theater Department of Tehran University of Art in 2012. He received his MFA in filmmaking from Tehran University of Art and spent an exchange year at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Germany.[1]
Ghasemi became the director of the 11th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival in 2014, and founded and directed the Globe International Silent Film Festival in 2015.[2] He is known for directing the award-winning short films Lunch Time (2017), Better than Neil Armstrong (2019) and Extra Sauce (2020). Ghasemi's films have screened at several Academy-qualifying festivals. His debut feature film In the Land of Brothers, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2024,[3] earning him the Best Directing Award in the World Cinema Dramatic section.[4]
Feature Film
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | In the Land of Brothers | Yes | Yes | Yes | Premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival |
Short Film
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Producer | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Solar Eclipse | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2019 | Arezo | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | Extra Sauce | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2019 | Better than Neil Armstrong | Yes | Yes | No | |
| 2017 | Lunch Time | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2016 | Frequency | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| 2015 | Shortcut | Yes | Yes | Yes |
- In the Land of Brothers: Directing Award, Sundance Film Festival
- Lunch Time: Nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival, 2017[5]
- Frequency: Nominated for the Best Experimental Film, and Winner of the Best Editing award at 13th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2016[6]
- Shortcut: Winner of the Special Jury Committee Prize at 12th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2015[7]
- "1st Tehran Intl. Silent filmfest. kicks off". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
- "Program Guide | 2024 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
- Elfadl, Murtada (2024-01-28). "'In the Land of Brothers' Review: An Assured Debut From Iranian Filmmakers Raha Amirfazli and Alireza Ghasemi". Variety. Retrieved 2024-02-13.
- "Lunch Time (2017) – FCC". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- "نامزدهای دریافت بهترین جایزه در بخش های مختلف مسابقه از نگاه هیئت داوران". جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال. Retrieved 2017-04-18.[permanent dead link]
- "درباره نهال – جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال". nahalfestival.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-18.