Asghar Massombagi

Asghar Massombagi is an Iranian-Canadian film director, most noted for his 2001 film Khaled.[1]

Born and raised in Tehran, he moved to Canada at age 18, and studied film at Simon Fraser University and the Canadian Film Centre.[1] He made the short films Feel Like Chicken Tonight (1998) and The Miracle (1999) prior to the premiere of Khaled at the 2001 Toronto International Film Festival.[2] Khaled won the Best Director Award for at the 37th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival,[3] the First Time Filmmaker Award at the ReelWorld Film Festival,[1] received an honorable mention for the FIPRESCI International Critics Award, [4] and was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2001.[5]

In 2005 he released the short film Rose,[6] and an episode of the television series Robson Arms.[7]

In 2020 he was a participant in Greetings from Isolation, a project featuring short films by 45 Canadian directors about the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada.

  1. ^ a b c Alexandra Gill, "Reflections in an exile's eye". The Globe and Mail, April 20, 2002.
  2. ^ Peter Howell, "Out on a limb ; Canadian directors follow risky path looking for our personal identities in the stories they tell". Toronto Star, September 7, 2001.
  3. ^ Daniela Lazarová, "Karlovy Vary Film Festival ends". Radio Prague, July 14, 2002.
  4. ^ "Inuit film wins festival prize; Fast Runner named best Canadian entry at subdued closing ceremonies". Waterloo Region Record, September 17, 2001.
  5. ^ "Lists, lists and lists: Tops in video". Peterborough Examiner, December 20, 2001.
  6. ^ "CHUM's initiative to support diverse Canadian filmmakers results in a contemporary eight-part anthology". Canada NewsWire, January 17, 2006.
  7. ^ Sorelle Saidman, "New CTV series starts filming in Vancouver". The Province, March 3, 2004.