Mohammad-Reza Fartousi | |
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محمدرضا فرطوسی | |
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Nationality | Iranian |
Occupation(s) | Filmmaker, artist |
Years active | 2002 - Present |
Mohammad-Reza Fartousi is an Iranian independent producer, director and screenwriter who was born in 1982 in Ahwaz in Iran. He's a cinema graduate of Iran's Soureh University, a member of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds and has attended the workshops in film-making by Abbas Kiarostami. [1]
Most of Fartousi's films have been shown in Iranian and foreign film festivals, receiving critical acclaims and awards. [2] His films have also been shown at UCL University of London, Tehran University, [3] Cairo University and the University of St. Andrews. Moreover, a film of his has been shown in United Nations Office at Geneva. [4] [5]
Fartousi is the founder of Filmival, a film distribution and marketing studio which is aimed at supporting the regional [6] filmmakers from the Middle East and North Africa and presenting their films to the main film festivals and markets all around the world. [7]
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