Jafar Najafi (filmmaker)
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Jafar Najafi, Iranian filmmaker and photographer. Born in 1986.[1][2]. He started his career in cinema as sound assistant and photographer from when he was just 17[1]; Later on he developed his career and worked as an assistant director and cameraman in some projects[2]. After around 10 years of his early start on this career, he made his first television documentary named "To the color of existence" in 2018 for IRIB channel of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province|Chahar-Mahal-Bakhtiyari[2][3]. In 2019 he made Asho that attracted a lot of attention among Iranian cinema society[1][4][5] and also internationally[6][7]
Najafi is more interested in picturing traditional beliefs and faiths from his own culture and how they affect people's life, women rights or child[1], and you can see this vision vividly in both of his films.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Genere | Other |
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| 2018 | To the color of existence | Documentray | Chahar-Mahal-Bakhtiyari |
| 2019 | Asho | Short Documentary |
Awards and nominations
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Leipzig DOK Festival | Short Animated & Documentary Film | Asho | Winner | [8] |
| 2019 | International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) | Children's Documentary | Asho | Winner | [9] |
| 2019 | Cinema Vérité Iran International Documentary Film Festival | Best Short Documentary | Asho | Winner | [10] |
| 2020 | Big Sky Film Festival | Best Short Documentary | Asho | Nominated | [11] |
| 2020 | Fribourg International Film Festival | Best Short Film | Asho | Winner | [12] |
| 2020 | EBS International Documentary Festival | Short Documentary Comepetition | Asho | Nominated | [13] |
| 2020 | É Tudo Verdade | International Short Film Competition | Asho | Nominated | [14] |
| 2020 | Lessinia Film Festival | Premio Lessinia D'Oro Award for Best Film | Asho | Winner | [15] |
| 2020 | Millenium International Documentary Film Festival | Shorts International Competition | Asho | Nominated | [16] |
| 2020 | DOQUMENTA International Documentary Film Festival | International Competition | Asho | Winner | [17][5] |
| 2020 | Sevastopol International Festival of Documentary Films and TV Programs | Best Short Film | Asho | Winner | [18] |
| 2020 | BFI London Film Festival | Best Short Film | Asho | Nominated | [19] |
| 2020 | The San Francisco Iranian film festival | Best Short Film | Asho | Nominated | [2] |
| 2020 | Apricot Tree, International Ethnographic Documentary Film Festival | Best Short Film | Asho | Nominated | [20] |
| 2020 | Millennium Docs Against Gravity | OKI DOKI | Asho | Nominated | [21] |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jafar Najfi's interview with Moj news
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Asho's page on San Francisco Iranian Film Festival
- ↑ From his facebook page.
- ↑ Iranian Documentary Film Festival article about Asho.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 National news about Asho: Islamic Republic News Agency(Persian) Islamic Republic News Agency (English) , Iranian Student News Agency and Tehran Times
- ↑ Asian movie pulse review about Asho
- ↑ International news about Asho: News day 24 and Modern time reviews
- ↑ Asho's page on Leipzig DOK Festival
- ↑ IDFA winners
- ↑ Winners list of 13th cinema vérité Iran international documentary film festival
- ↑ Asho's page on Big Sky Documentary Film festival 2020
- ↑ Winner list of The Fribourg International Film Festival 2020
- ↑ Asho's page on EBS International Documentary Festival
- ↑ Asho's page on É Tudo Verdade
- ↑ Winner list of Lessinia Film Festival 2020
- ↑ Asho's page on Millenium Film Festival
- ↑ Asho's page on DOQUMENTA International Documentary Film Festival
- ↑ Awards of the XVI Sevastopol International Festival of Documentary Films and TV Programs
- ↑ Asho's page on BFI London Film Festival
- ↑ Asho's page on Apricot tree film festival
- ↑ Asho's page on Mellennium Docs Against Gravity
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