Mehdi Imani Shahmiri | |
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| Born | 3 April 1988[citation needed] |
| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Years active | 2020 – present |
Mehdi Imani Shahmiri (مهدی ایمانی شهمیری) born 3 April 1988[citation needed] is an Iranian documentary director, producer and screenwriter, he is known for directing Parizad and Born in Captivity.[1]
In 2021, Shahmiri made the short documentary Parizad, which was nominated for the Dragon statue of the 62th Kraków Film Festival and received the Don Quixote Award of the International Federation of Film Societies (FICC).[2]
In 2024 he directed Born in Captivity a documentary about the endangered Asiatic cheetah that followed the caesarean section and the birth of Pirouz, the famous cheetah cub among Iranians, for the first time.[3]
Born in Captivity received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the Fajr International Film Festival and received the grand prize of the 17th Iran Documentary Film Festival - Cinema Verite. This film had the record number of nominations in the 17th edition of this festival.[4]
- ^ "Mehdi Imani Shahmiri". Mubi.
- ^ "Parizad". Kraków Film Festival.
- ^ "Born in Captivity (2024)". Mubi.
- ^ "نامزدهای هفدهمین جشنواره بینالمللی فیلم مستند ایران «سینماحقیقت»" [Announcement of the nominees of the 17th International Iranian Documentary Film Festival]. The International Documentary Film Festival of Iran Cinema (in Persian).