Alireza Ghasemi

Alireza Ghasemi
Alireza Ghasemi
علیرضا قاسمی
Born	29 October 1990 (age 33); Tehran, Iran
Nationality	Iranian
Occupation	Filmmaker

Alireza Ghasemi (Persian: علیرضا قاسمی; Born 1990) is an Iranian screenwriter and director. He is the president of the board of directors at the Globe International Silent Film Festival. His short film Lunch Time received a nomination for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival in 2017.^[1]

Early life

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.

Career

Ghasemi became the director of the 11th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival in 2014, and founded and directed the 1st Globe International Silent Film Festival in 2015. He is currently the president of the board of directors of the Globe International Silent Film Festival.^[2]

Filmography

Shortcut (2015)
Frequency (2016)
Lunch Time (2017)
Better than Neil Armstrong (2019)
Extra Sauce (2019)
Arezo (2019)

Awards

Lunch Time: Nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival, 2017
Frequency: Nominated for the Best Experimental Film, and Winner of the Best Editing award at 13th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2016^[3]
Shortcut: Winner of the Special Jury Committee Prize at 12th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2015^[4]

References

^ "The Short Films Selections at the 70th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ "1st Tehran Intl. Silent filmfest. kicks off". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
^ "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.

External links

Alireza Ghasemi at IMDb

[1] "The Short Films Selections at the 70th Festival de Cannes". Festival de Cannes. Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[2] "1st Tehran Intl. Silent filmfest. kicks off". Retrieved 18 April 2017.

[3] "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]}

[4] "درباره نهال – جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال". nahalfestival.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-18.

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