DIRECTOR

Morteza Farshbaf (1986), young Iranian director, went to the University of Art in Tehran for studying Cinema, and received his BFA in film. He has been active working in cinema as director, writer, editor and cinematographer since very early age of 18. He has directed his own short films since 2004, and made 5 short films since then: Halloween (2004), The Carpet (2005), Taxi (2006), Flakey (2007) and The Wind Blows Wherever it Wants (2008). Morteza has also attended Abbas Kiarostami’s filmmaking workshops and has cooperated with him in film projects. He directed his first feature film, Mourning in 2010. His second feature film was Avalanche (2015). He runs RAS Cinematheque in Tehran that it's main focus is on independent cinema from all around the world. He just finished his third feature film "TOOMAN" in 2019.