Filmography
2019
2019
2019
2016
2015
2014
2012
2011
2010
2007
2007
2002
Selected Awards & Screenings
Letter to my mother
2019
One Window will Suffice
2018
2017
2016
Orange
2015
Sweet Gin and Cold Wine
2016
2015
2014
From Tehran to London
2013
10+4
2007
Ten
2002
ARTIST TALK
2016
2014
2013
PUBLISHED WORK
2017
2013
Letter to my mother | Director, Producer, Scriptwriter
Libido | Co-director and Scriptwriter, Actor, Editor
A Moon for My Father by Mania Akbari and Douglas White | Editor, Researcher
One Window Will Suffice | Director, Scriptwriter, actor
Orange | Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, actor
Sweet Gin and Cold Wine | Director, Scriptwriter, Producer, actor
Behind the scene of From Tehran to London by Mania Akbari | Director, Cinematographer
From Tehran to London by Mania Akbari | Assistant Director
30 minutes to 6 AM by Mania Akbari | Actor
6videoarts by Mania Akbari | Assistant Director, Actor
10+4 by Mania Akbari | Actor
Ten by Abbas Kiarostami | Actor (main)
Nominated for the Golden Key Award, 36th Kassel Documentary Film Festival, Germany
Nominated for the best film, San Mauro Torinese International Film Festival, Italy
Finalist, IndieWise Film Festival, USA | Finalist, IndustryBOOST Competition, USA
Semi Finalist, Lakecity Film Festival, Lagos | Nominated for the best feature film, Chichester International Film Festival, UK
Eko International Film Festival, Surulere Lagos, Nigeria | Pangkor Island Festival, Pangkor, Malaysia
Award of Recognition, Creative International Open Film Festival, USA | Nominated for the best short film, Ozark Shorts Film Festival, Lamar, Missouri
Certificate Confirmation of Participation, Phoenix Film Festival, Melbourne, Australia | Mediawave International Visual Art Foundation, Gyor, Hungary
Nominated for the best short film, Oldenburg International Film Festival, Germany | Kinemastik International Film Festival, St. Julian’s, Malta | Pangkor Island Festival, Pangkor, Malaysia
Nominated for the best short film, Edinburg International Film Festival, UK | Nominated for the best short film, Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland | Nominated for the best short film, International Rotterdam Film Festival, Netherlands
Winner Best Director and Best Film, International Film Festival of Kerala, India | Winner Young Public Award, Nantes Three Continents Festival, France
Nominated for Palme odor, Cannes International Film Festival, Cannes, France | Nominated for the best film, Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, Canada
Jury member, Creative International Open Film Festival, USA
Panel talk on History of Iranian Cinema, Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland | Presented Sweet Gin and Cold Wine, Oldenburg International Film Festival, Germany | Presented and Introduced Taste of Cherry by Abbas Kiarostami, Pangkor Island Festival, Pangkor, Malaysia
Presented Mania Akbari’s movies, Mania Akbari’s Retrospective, Oldenburg International Film Festival, Germany
News From Strasbourg, Poetry Book, Perbadanan Kota Buku, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Start Counting from Eleven, Poetry Book, Published by H&S Media, London, UK
Education
2019-
Master of directing (Regie) | Babelsberg University Konrad Wolf
2013-2016
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Digital Film and Television | Limkokwing University of Creative Technology, Cyberjaya, Malaysia
Language Skills
Persian (Mother tongue)
English (Fluent)
German (Fluent)
Software Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud
(Premiere, After Effects, Audition)
Avid
Final Cut
Davinchi