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Mehdi Fard Ghaderi (Persian: مهدی فرد قادری ; born 1986) is an Iranian ِFilm Director, Screenwriter and Producer.

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi
Moscow Film Festival 202
Born	(1986-11-27) 27 November 1986 (age 35) Iran
Occupation	Director Screenwriter Producer
Years active	2007–present
Notable work	Immortality (2016) Weightlessness (2019) The Afflicted (2022)

Biography

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi[1] was born in 1986 in Iran. In 2007 he started to write scripts and directing short films. After ten years he wrote and directed eight short films.

"Immortality" in 2016 his first feature film, was created in one shot without a cut in 145 minutes on a train. This film was nominated for best film at the Rome Film Festival, Munich Film Festival and Transilvania International Film Festival.[2] "Immortality" won several international prizes, such as Best Film of the 16th Ischia Festival,[3][4] This film also screened at more than thirty international festivals.[5][6]

His second feature film is titled "Weightlessness"[7] and was made in 2019; it has won some awards at international film festivals.

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi was producer of the film "The Son" in 2021.[8] This film has won prizes at the Moscow Film Festival[9][10] and was shown in at the Rotterdam Film Festival and Valladolid Film Festival.

His third movie as a Director and Producer is "The Afflicted" in 2022.

He has been a judge in several international festivals. In 2022, he was the head of the Jury of the Eurasian Film Festival in Russia and as a jury member at the Ischia Film Festival[11] Italy and Brno Sixteen Film Festival Czech Republic.[12]

Filmography

Feature films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
2016	Immortality	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Weightlessness	Yes	Yes	No
2022	The Afflicted	Yes	Yes	Yes

Short films

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer
2007	Alternation	Yes	Yes	No
2009	The Life of Khorshid	Yes	Yes	Yes
2010	Gramophone	Yes	Yes	Yes
2011	Reversing circles	Yes	Yes	No
2013	Mirror Narration of Simple Stories	Yes	Yes	Yes
2015	The Story of a Rainy Night	Yes	Yes	No
2017	Autumn leaves	Yes	Yes	No
2019	Sinful Pleasures	Yes	Yes	No

Awards and Nominations

Year	Festival	Category	Nominated Work	Result	Ref.
2016	Rome Film Fest	BNL People's Choice Award	Immortality	Nominated	[13]
2017	Munich Film Festival	Best Film	Immortality	Nominated	[14]
2017	Transilvania International Film Festival	Best Film	Immortality	Nominated	[2]
2016	Hanoi International Film Festival	Best Director	Immortality	Nominated
2017	Ischia International Film Festival	Best Film	Immortality	Won	[11]
2017	Love International Film Festival	Best Director	Immortality	Nominated	[15]
		Best Film		Nominated	[16]
2017	Lucania International Film Festival	Best Film	Immortality	Nominated	[17]
2017	Middlebury International Film Festival	Best Film	Immortality	Nominated	[18]
2020	Insolito International Film Festiva	Best Film	Weightlessness	Won	[19]
2020	Buffalo International Film Festival	Best Film	Weightlessness	Won	[20]
2020	North Carolina Film Awards	Directors Award	Weightlessness	Won	[21]
2020	Athens Marathon International Film Festival	Honorable Mention	Weightlessness	Won	[22]

References

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