Mohammad Shirvani

Mohammad Shirvani is an Iranian alternative filmmaker. In 1998 He escaped from the military service to make his first short film “The circle”. In 1999 “The Circle” was selected for Critics' Week International Cannes festival. Being selected by Cannes Festival made a great impact on the young director and since then he has become a full time filmmaker. He has never limited his professional career and has made movies in every form including experimentals, documentaries, short films and feature films. His films have been screened in more than 400 international festivals and events. He won the Golden Tiger Award for Best Feature Film for “Fat Shaker” in Rotterdam, 2013.

Filmography

Short films

Documentary films Title Time Format Year Peresident Mir Qanbar 65 MIN DV 2005 Where 's Leili 73 MIN DV 2006 444Days 57 MIN HDV 2007 Seven Blind Woman Filmmakers 106 MIN DV 2004-2008 Iranian Cookbook 73 MIN DV 2009 021, Tehran 51 MIN HDV 2010 Telescope 78 MIN HD 2011

Video art Title Time Format Year The Calm City 2 MIN DV 2005 Khayyam 5 MIN HB 2008 Unit Further Notice 184 MIN HDV 2008 Six Eyes 23 MIN HD 2014

Feature films Title Time Format Year Navel 82 MIN DV-35MM 2002 Fat Shaker 84 MIN HD 2013

Performance art Title location Year Open Tehran 2011 Face of the Winner man Tehran 2012 Phoenix, Lake Urmia or Iranian Independent Cinema Urmia 2017

Installation art

Title location Year Elephant in the Darkness Rotterdam 2013

Awards The Circle, Best Short Film - Fajr IFF - Tehran- 1999 The Circle, Selected for Critics' Week International -Cannes IFF, France- 1999 The Candidate, Grand Prize - Marseilles IDFF, 2000 Iranian Conserve, Best Short Film - Cinema Tout Ecran IFF, Geneva - 2004 Iranian Conserve, Jury Prize - Cracow IFF, Poland - 2005 Navel, Grand Prize - Split IFF, Croatia - 2004 President Mir Qanbar, Award of Excellence - Yamagata - IDFF, 2005 President Mir Qanbar, Magnolia Award for Best Social Documentary - Shanghai TV IFF, 2006 Iranian Cookbook, Best Experimental Documentary Film - Cinema Verite IDFF, Tehran - 2010 Iranian Cookbook, Best Film of Audience Award . Yamagata IDFF, 2011 Iranian Cookbook, Japan Community Cinema Center Award - Yamagata IDFF, 2011 Fat Shaker, Tiger Award for The Best Film - Rotterdam IFF, 2013