Mohammad Shirvani

Mohammad Shirvani is an Iranian alternative filmmaker. He was born in 1973 in Tehran; he quit painting to follow his passion for cinema. Shirvani has escaped from military service to make his first short film "The Circle" in 1999. This film was selected for the Critics' Week International Cannes festival in the same year. As of 2013, Shirvani has made 18 films; the last one "Fat Shaker" won the Golden Tiger for the best film in Rotterdam Film Festival. His films have been screened in more than 500 international events where he won many prices, such as; Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Locarno, Toronto, Tribeca and Busan. Although he could not screen them widely in his homeland. In 2014, Shirvani published 18 films which he produced on his personal website as a protest against censorship in Iranian cinema. A month later his website was banned and making new films became temporarily forbidden for him. However, since 2012, he has been trying to keep Iranian alternative cinema movement alive and fresh by improving young talents through his "Alternative Cinema Workshop".

Filmography

Short Films

Title	Time	Format	Year
The Circle	12 MIN	35MM	1999
The Candidate	15 MIN	DV-35MM	2000
To Consent	20 MIN	DV	2001
Souvenir	20 MIN	DV	2001
The Cherries Which Were Canned	13 MIN	35MM	2002
Iranian Conserve	14 MIN	DV	2003
The Calm City	2 MIN	DV	2005
Six Eyes	23 MIN	DV	2014
Tight Skin of the Ambiance	15 MIN	IPHONE 4	2014

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

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External links

Mohammad Shirvani on IMDb

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