Mehdi Fard Ghaderi

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi (; born 1986) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is known for directing the films Immortality, Weightlessness (2019), and The Annoyed (2023).

Career

Short films Fard Ghaderi began his career in cinema in 2007. Over the following decade, he wrote and directed eight experimental and narrative short films, including the following: Alternation (one shot, 11 minutes, 2007) The Life of Khorshid (18 minutes, 2009) Gramophone (18 minutes, 2010) Reversing Circles (one shot, 21 minutes, 2011) Mirror Narration of Simple Stories (27 minutes, 2013) The Story of a Rainy Night (one shot, 24 minutes, 2015) Autumn Leaves (15 minutes, 2017) Sinful Pleasures (15 minutes, 2019)

Feature films Immortality (2016), his first feature film, was filmed in a single shot over 145 minutes aboard a train. The film was nominated for Best Film at the Rome Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, and the Transilvania International Film Festival. It was screened at twenty international film festivals. The film won several international awards, including Best Film at the 16th Ischia Film Festival.

Weightlessness (2019), his second feature film, also employed extended long takes. The film was screened at fifteen international film festivals and received awards in Europe and North America.

His next feature, The Annoyed (2023), premiered at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival. The film was screened at 25 international film festivals, including the St. Louis Film Festival and the Kerala Film Festival.

Fard Ghaderi served as a producer on the film The Son (2021). The film received awards at the Moscow Film Festival and was screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Valladolid International Film Festival.

Other roles Mehdi Fard Ghaderi has served as a jury member at several international film festivals in the United States, Italy, the Czech Republic, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Iran.

Filmography Feature films

Short films

Jury

Books

Awards and nominations (Feature Movies)

Awards and nominations (Short Films)