Vahid Mousaian was born in Khorramabad, Iran in 1969. He graduated from Azad University with a degree in theatre. He made a number of short films, winning several prizes at both national and international film festivals. Mr. Mousaian’s debut feature, Wishes of the Land, was the recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the 24th Moscow International Film Festival (2002), as well as the 19th Love International Film Festival in Mons, Belgium. It was also given the Best Film award by the Kodak International Jury. His second feature film, Silence of the Sea, received the Ecumenical Jury Prize at the 52nd Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, the Best Music award at the 48th Asia Pacific Film Festival, the Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay awards at the Dubrovnik Film Festival (Croatia), and competed in the 2004 Sundance International Film Festival. The Solitude of Wind and The Bright House were, respectively, his third and fourth feature films, and The Earring and The Lost Land are his two most recent works. Mousaian is a member of the Academy of the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (Australia).
Filmography
Shorts
1. Ruzy Keh An Mard Raft (The Day That
Man Left)
Fiction, 8mm, 12 min., 1986
2. Rouzgare No (New Days)
Fiction, 8mm, 10 min., 1987
3. Ashki Bar Khak (Tears On Soil)
Documentary, 8mm, 12 min., 1988
4. Va An Dah Sal (And That Ten Years)
Documentary, 8mm, 25 min., 1989
5. Payan-e Yek Rouz (The End Of The Day)
Fiction, 16mm, 15 min., 1992
6. Yalhaye Ashofteh Dar Bad (Disturbed
Manes In The Wind)
Fiction, 16mm, 12 min., 1993
Selected for Fribourg Film Festival (Germany)
7. Sedaye Bad (The Sound Of The Wind)
Fiction, 16mm, 20 min., 1997
8. Nasime Yek Shebe Sarde Zemestani (The
Breeze Of A Cold Winter Night)
Fiction, Video, 1997
9. Music for Film
11-part documentary series, 1998
10. All Things About All Things
Documentary for TV, 1999
11. Ghooo, Ghooo …Barge Chenar (Ghooo, Ghooo, Sycamore Leaf)
Documentary, 15 min., 1999
Nominated for the Best Documentary Film, the Third Iranian Film Feast;
Selected for competition in Fike International Film Festival, Portugal, 2001;
Selected for competition in Sydney International Film Festival, Australia, 2002
12. Tanha Ba Zamin (Alone With The Land)
17 min., 1999.
Diploma of Honor, Graz International Film Festival, Austria, 1999;
Selected for competition, Oslo International Film Festival, Norway, 1999;
Selected for competition, Aspen International Film Festival, USA, 2000;
Selected for competition, Trento International Film Festival, Italy, 2000;
Selected for competition, Pusan International Film Festival, South Korea, 2000;
Special Jury Prize, University of Einsburg, Australia, 2000; Special Jury Prize, Trento International Film Festival, Italy, 2000;
Diploma of Honor, 10th International “Message to Man” Festival, St. Petersburg
Features:
1. Arezuhaye Zamin (Wishes Of The Land)
Fiction, 35mm, 81 min., 2002.
Special Jury Prize, Moscow International Film Festival, 2002;
Kodak Jury Prize (Ten Thousand Meter Negative), Moscow Int’l Film Festival, 2002;
Best Actor Prize, 20th Fajr Film Festival, Tehran, Iran, 2002;
Selected for competition, Thessaloniki Film Festival, 2002;
Selected for the 26th International Göteborg Festival, Sweden, 2003;
Special Award, 19th Mons International Love Film Festival, Belgium, 2003
2. Silence of the Sea
Fiction, 35mm, 85 min., 2003.
Selected for Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, USA, 2003;
Selected for Denver International Film festival, USA, 2003;
Selected for Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2003;
Ecumenical Jury Prize, Mannheim-Heidelberg International Film Festival, 2003;
Best Music, Asia Pacific Film Festival, 2003;
Best Feature Film and Best Screenplay, Dubrovnik Film Festival (Croatia), 2004;
Selected for competition, Sundance International Film Festival, 2004;
Selected for Santa Barbara International Film Festival, 2004;
Selected for 7th International Meeting of Cinema & History Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, 2004;
Selected for Med International Film Festival, Italy, 2004;
Selected for Semana International de Cine Naval Cartagena, Spain, 2004;
Selected for Independent International Film Festival of Barcelona, Spain, 2004;
Selected for San Diego Asian Film Festival, USA, 2004;
Selected for Berlin Asia-Pacific Film Festival, Germany, 2004;
Selected for Salento International Film Festival, Italy, 2004;
Selected for Flanders International Film Festival, Ghent, Belgium, 2004;
Selected for 15th Annual Celebration of Iranian Cinema, UCLA Film Festival & TV, Los Angeles, USA, 2005
3. Tanha'i Bad (Solitude of the Wind)
Fiction, 2004.
Selected for Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2005;
Selected for FIPA International Film Festival, France, 2005
4. Khaneye Roshan (The Bright House)
Fiction, 2006.
Selected for Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2006;
Selected for FIPA International Film Festival, France, 2006;
Selected for Asia Pacific Film Festival, Taiwan, 2006;
Peoples’ Choice Award, Bali International Film Festival, Indonesia, 2007;
Selected for Bursa International Film Festival, Turkey, 2007
5. Gooshvareh (The Earring)
Fiction, 2007.
Selected for Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2007;
Selected for International Festival of Films for the Children and Young Adults, Iran, 2007;
Selected for Busan International Kids' Film Festival, South Korea, 2007
6. Sarzamine Gomshodeh (The Lost Land)
Documentary, 2006.
Awarded the Crystal Simorgh for Best Documentary Feature Film, Fajr International Film Festival, Iran, 2007;
Best Film, 11th House of Cinema Ceremony, Iran, 2007;
Diploma of Honor for Best Documentary Feature Film, First Iranian International Documentary Film Festival;
Nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, Australia, 2007;
Selected for Yerevan International Film Festival of Golden Apricot, Armenia, 2007
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