Vahid Jalilvand

Vahid Jalilvand (Persian: وحید جلیلوند; born March 11, 1976) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best First Director and Best First Film at the 33rd Fajr Film Festival and the FIPRESCI Award at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival for his feature directorial debut in drama film Wednesday, May 9. In 2017, he won The Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the 74th Venice International Film Festival for his second film, No Date, No Signature. His third film, Beyond the Wall (2022) competed for the Golden Lion at the 79th Venice International Film Festival.

Career Vahid Jalilvand was born in Kermanshah in 1976. He is a graduate of University of Tehran in theatre directing. Jalilvand started his career as a theatre actor and made his stage debut when he was only 15. In 1996, he started working in the Iranian State TV channels as an editor and then as a TV director. Later, he directed two home video series and more than 30 documentaries in social and industrial fields. He has been the director and actor in many television series and plays. “Wednesday, May 9”, his first feature was awarded FIPRESCI Prize and the INTERFILM Award for Promoting Inter-religious Dialogue in Orizzonti, Venice Int’l Film Festival 2015. “No Date, No Signature” is his second feature which was awarded best director and best actor in Orizzonti, Venice Int’l Film Festival 2017.“No Date, No Signature” was Iran's representative to the 91st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, 2019.

Filmography

Feature films

Documentary

Television

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Awards and nominations

Wednesday, May/9

FIPRESCI Best Film Award, Venice International Film Festival, Italy INTERFILM Award, Venice International Film Festival, Italy Golden Puffin Award for Best Film, Reykjavík International Film Festival, Island Best First Film Director Award, Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia

Jury's Award, Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, France NETPACK Award, Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema, France Best Fiction Film Award, Berkshire International Film Festival, England Crystal Simorgh for Best First Film Director, 33rd Fajr Film Festival, Iran Best Direction Award, City Film Festival, Iran Best First Film Director Award, Feast of Iran's Cinema Critics and Writers Association, Iran

No Date, No Signature

Best Direction Award, in orizzonti, 74th Venice Film Festival Gold Hugo Award for Best Direction, 53rd Chicago International Film Festival, USA Silver Alexander Award, 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greece Critics Award, 58th Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Greecev Critics Award, 19th Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia Best Screenplay Award, 19th Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden Best Direction Award, Sheed Film Festival, USA Jury's Award for Direction, Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia Best Direction Award, Tarkovsky Film Festival, Russia Best Film Award (Grand Prix), Brussels International Film Festival (BRIFF), Belgium Crystal Simorgh for Best Direction, 35th Fajr Film Festival, Iran Best Direction Award, 20th House of Cinema Feast, Iran Best Screenplay Award, 20th House of Cinema Feast, Iran Best Scriptwriter Award, 1st Cinema Cinema Academy, Iran Best Film Special Award, 1st Cinema Cinema Academy, Iran Jury's Special Award Kinenova Skopje Film Festival, Macedonia Best Dramatic Feature Award, Thailand Film Festival