Mahmoud Shoolizadeh
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Mahmoud Shoolizadeh (born in Abadan, Iran) is a film director, film producer, screenwriter, actor and a film festival judge at several international film festivals.[1][2][3][4] He has been involved in the production of over fifty films, including long feature films, short films, documentaries, and fiction[5]. He has been the recipient of several awards including best film at the 49th Taormina International Film Festival[6] for Noora, best short fiction film at Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival[7] for The Prisoner, best film at 15th Moondance International Film Festival[8] and 10th Voyage Studios at the Flagler International Film Festival [9] for The Debt, best director and best feature film for kids at Madrid's The Kids Film Festival,[10] best American film at Toronto International Film Festival,[11] best feature film at Melbourne's Phoenix International Film Festival,[12][13] best feature film and best drama at the American Global Independent Film Awards[14] for Daddy, best fiction half-length film at Venezuela's Five Continents International Film Festival[15] for The Lover. In his acting career he has played the lead role in long length movies such as The Lover of Koochak (1987) directed by Farock Ansari, and The Puppet Bride (1997) directed by Hojjatollah Seifi. He has been a final judge as part of a film festival panel of jurors nationally and internationally including at the Gwinnett Center International Film Festival in Duluth Georgia,[16] Amelia Island International Film Festival in Florida, Startfest Film Festival in Orlando Florida,[17] Red Dirt International Film Festival in Stillwater Oklahoma, 48 Hour Film Project in Jacksonville Florida, WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival,[18] Texas Cinemania International Film Festival 2016[19] and 2017,[20] Southeast Regional Film Festival,[21] Harvard College International Film Festival, Jacksonville Dance Film Festival,[22] and American Golden Picture International Film Festival.[23]
Early Life and Background
Shoolizadeh was born in Abadan, Iran. He is one of eight children of an oil field worker in Iran, however it was clear early in life that he wouldn’t follow his father’s path as he became obsessed with American movies, and dreamed of making movies of his own. [24]
In 1984 he enrolled at the College of Cinema and TV in Tehran where he studied filmmaking. During his college years he directed two movies including:
End. A fiction film directed in 1984. The film is about children who live near the railways and their lives being full of ups and downs. This film displays the story of a child who lives in south of Tehran during times of social upheaval.
Green Faces, Burnt Bodies. A documentary directed in 1985. The film is about life and death of trees during wars. At the end, the green leaves of the plants shoot out and once again the trees blossom and life begins again.
Shoolizadeh also began work as an actor while in college, in a feature film called The Lover of Koochak. In 1988 he worked with Mohammadreza Bozorgnia director of Angelica Ship as script supervisor, gaining experience working in the director’s team for him as second feature narrative film. He eventually moved first to London, United Kingdom, and eventually to Florida, United States, evolving his cinematic style.
Career
In post-revolution Tehran he started to make fiction short and documentary films including a series entitled Culture and Scientific treasuries and another series entitled Nations Cultures, which were documentaries on the cultures of England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Guinea, Kenya and Mali. The series Nations Cultures was the first series entirely produced outside of Iran, 1994-1997.
He produced, wrote, and directed Religious Toolmaker, a fictional documentary film in 1991. The story revolves around a toolmaker who wishes to create the religious tools of different shapes and patterns for the religious festival Day of Ashura. During the film, the process of making religious tools of the mourning ceremonies is shown.
Other series included the documentary series on A City Surrounded by Mountains in 1988, the documentary series on One Land, Five Nations in 1989, the documentary series on The Textbooks and The World Intellectuals in 1990. Documentaries made included The Noon of the 10th Day and The Bitter Dawn in 1988.
File:Mahmoud shoolizadeh in taormina festival.jpg|thumb|Film director Mahmoud Shoolizadeh being introduced to the audience at the Taormina International Film Festival 2003
Noora (The Kiss of Life) was his first feature length fiction film that he wrote and directed in 2002, participated in many major international film festivals and won several awards.
Shoolizadeh tried to utilize unique and artistic visual and technical elements that are suitable for the contents of the story. Using minimum dialogue and transferring the sense of suspense by image, using nature to transfer the concepts, producing a natural, real and live environment which are his goals in making this film. With his first feature film, he achieved several prestigious international awards and participations including: The Best Feature Film at the 49th International Film Festival in Taormina, Italy in June 2003 [25][26], and two awards for best Composing and best Set Design at the 6th House of the Cinema Celebration in Tehran, Iran in 2002[27] . Also it won the best Screenplay and best Child Actress in the 16th Isfahan Children International Film Festival in Isfahan, Iran in Oct 2001 International Film Festival for Children and Youth, and award for Best Director at the 4th Sima Film Festival (Iran TV) in Tehran in October 2003[28] and many more awards from different international film festivals around the world.
In 2000 Shoolizadeh was invited to play as a lead role in a feature narrative long film called The Puppet Bride directed by Hojatolla Saifi.
He has written several movie scripts including Poet of Life and Love (2009), My Homeland (2008), Forgotten (2007), The Migration of Love (2004), and Noora (2001).[29]
In 2002 Mahmoud Shoolizadeh moved to London, United Kingdom and produced and directed films over the next few years there including: A man called Brian and Homeless, both of which were documentaries produced in 2005 and 2006. He had also made a previous TV series in London in a previous stay, entitled Studying in the Modern World a documentary in 1997.
In 2010 Mahmoud Shoolizadeh moved to Florida, United States where he continued directing, producing, and editing several short and long length narrative films including:
The Prisoner, a short fiction film from 2013 which participated in several major international film festivals[30], including the Montreal World Film Festival,[31] and East Lansing Film Festival.[32] Although the movie is based in Florida, it was totally shot in Coastal Georgia.[33] It won Best Short Film Award and Best Supporting Actor Award at Hollywood CineRocKom International Film Festival,[34][35] and won Honorable Mention Jury Award at Indie Fest USA International Film Festival.[30] It also became a nominee for Best Director at Hollywood CineRocKom International film festival[34][35] as well as Best Lead Actor and Best Supporting Actor at Red Dirt International Film Festival[30][36] The film has been discussed in local Newspapers and Magazines.[33][37][38]
The Debt (2014 film)|The Debt, a short fiction film produced in 2014, based in the city of Jacksonville, Florida, it was filmed in St. Mary's, Georgia and parts of Jacksonville. [39][40][41][42]
The Debt participated in several international film festivals[43][44][45][46][47][48] and won several awards.[8] Best Film at the 15th "Moondance International Film Festival, Sep 2014", Boulder, Colorado, USA [8]. Best Female Actor at the 15th "Moondance International Film Festival Sep 2014", Boulder, Colorado, USA [8]. Best 10th Voyage Studios at the "Flagler International Film Festival", Palm Coast, Florida, USA, January 2015[49]. Best Supporting Actress at the North Carolina "First in Aviation" State's Global Film Festival, January 2015, North Carolina, USA[50]. Best Child Actor at the North Carolina "First in Aviation" State's Global Film Festival, January 2015, North Carolina, USA[50].
Daddy, a feature fiction film from 2015 filmed in St. Mary's, Georgia participated in several international film festivals and has won several awards. Several local and national newspapers have published articles and discussed this film in detail, as it has been nominated for 8 awards in different categories and received 6 awards out of 11 nominations in the "Global Independent Film Awards" in the USA, in Aug 2015. Daddy was officially accepted to 30 International Film Festivals and received 41 Awards and Nominations.
The Lover, a fiction film produced in 2016, officially accepted to 30 International Film Festivals and has won and received 14 Awards and Nominations.
Susan a feature film (Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor), 2018. A story of love and war, a full length feature social drama revolving around a loving wife and mother named Susan. Set in London, England, where the family live, Susan is struggling with the daily reality of losing her husband Paul, who was fighting in Afghanistan. Despite her suffering, she tries to stay strong for her young daughter, Lisa. This love strengthens her and keeps her hope alive despite the emotional pain of their new situation. Over the course of the film, further traumatic events push Susan deeper into despair, although she fights hard to stay strong and keep the love for her family alive. While she is alone, full of pain and misery, one unexpected moment happens which is just the beginning. Susan has officially been accepted to 36 International Film Festivals[51] and has won and received 34 Awards and Nominations including Best UK Narrative-Feature film at the London International Motion Picture Awards[52][53][54], London, United Kingdom in May 2019, Best International Feature Film at the "Olympus International Film Festival - Los Angeles", California, USA, July 2019. Best Feature Film at the Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes[55], Cannes, France in November 2019. Best Drama Film, Best Director[56] and Best Editing Feature Film[57] at the Five Continents International Film Festival, Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela in November 2018, and Best Feature Fiction Film[58] at Branson Film Festival in Missouri, United States in 2019.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Credited as | Film type | Notes |
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| 1984 | End | Writer and Director | Fiction film | |
| 1985 | Green Faces, Burnt Bodies | Writer and Director | Fiction film | |
| 1988 | The Bitter Dawn | Writer and Director | Fiction film | |
| 1988 | The Noon of the 10th Day | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary | |
| 1988 | A City Surrounded by Mountains | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | |
| 1988 | One Land, Five Nations | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | |
| 1990 | The Textbooks | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | |
| 1990 | The World Intellectuals | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | |
| 1991 | Religious Toolmaker | Writer, Director, Researcher, and Producer | Docudrama | The story of a toolmaker who wishes to prepare the religious tools of different shapes and patterns in the next four days and make them ready for the festival Day of Ashura. |
| 1994-1997 | Nations Cultures | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | Including the cultures of England, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Ethiopia, Sudan, Senegal, Guinea, Kenya and Mali. |
| 1996 | Culture and Scientific treasuries | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | |
| 1997 | Studying in the Modern World | Writer, Director and Researcher | Documentary Series | |
| 2002 | Noora | Writer and Director | Feature length fiction film | [59][60] |
| 2005 | A man called Brian | Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, and Editor | Documentary | |
| 2006 | Homeless | Writer, Director, Producer, Editor, and Cinematographer | Documentary | |
| 2010 | Falcon's Blood Diamond | Director, Cinematographer, and Actor | Short fiction film | |
| 2013 | The Prisoner | Director and Editor | Short fiction film | [30] |
| 2014 | The Debt | Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor | Short fiction film | |
| 2015 | Daddy | Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor | Feature fiction film | |
| 2016 | The Lover | Co-writer, Director, Producer, and Editor | Fiction film | |
| 2018 | Susan | Director, Producer, Writer, and Editor | Feature film |
Awards and honors
| Title | Year | Award | Film Festival | Location |
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| Noora | 2001 | Best Script and Special Appreciation | 16th International Children and Youth Film Festival | Isfahan, Iran |
| 2003 | Best Director | 4th Cima Festival (Iran TV) | Tehran, Iran | |
| Best Feature Film | 3rd Azra Film Festival | |||
| Award of the audience - Best Feature Film[6] | 49th International Film Festival of Taormina | Taormina, Italy | ||
| A man called Brian | 2004 | Best Director of Documentary Films | 2nd Festival of TV production of IRIB at the Foreign Bureoux | Tehran, Iran |
| The Prisoner | 2013 | Honorable Mention Jury Award | Indie Fest USA International Film Festival | United States |
| Best short fiction film[7] | Hollywood Cinerockom International Film Festival | Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
| The Debt | 2014 | Best Film[8] | 15th Moondance International Film Festival | Boulder, Colorado, United States |
| 2015 | Best Film[9] | 10th Voyage Studios at the Flagler International Film Festival | Palm Coast, Florida, United States | |
| Daddy | 2015 | Best Production Design[14] | Global Independent Film Awards | Online |
| Best Screenplay[14] | ||||
| Best Drama[14] | ||||
| Best Feature Film[14] | ||||
| Best Feature Film[12][13] | Phoenix International Film Festival | Melbourn, Australia | ||
| Best American Film[11] | Toronto International Film Festival | Toronto, Canada | ||
| 2016 | Best Children's Film [61][62] | Los Angeles World International Film Festival, Los Angeles, California, USA | Los Angeles, California, United States | |
| Best Feature Film for Kids[10] | The Kids Film Festival | Madrid, Spain | ||
| Best Director[10] | ||||
| The Lover | 2017 | Best Fiction Half-Length Film[15] | Five Continents International Film Festival | Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela |
| Best Poster[15] | ||||
| Best Story[63] | Red Corner Film Festival | Sweden | ||
| Susan | 2018 | Best Drama Feature Film[56][57] | Five Continents International Film Festival | Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela |
| Special Mention Director[56][57] | ||||
| Best Editing Feature Film[56][57] | ||||
| 2019 | Best Feature Fiction Film[58] | Branson International Film Festival | Branson, Missouri, United States | |
| Best International Feature Film | Olympus International Film Festival | Los Angeles, California, United States | ||
| Best UK Narrative-Feature film[52][53][54] | London International Motion Picture Awards | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Best Feature Film[64][65] | Under The Stars International Film Festival, Fellini Edition | Bari, Italy | ||
| Best Director[66] | Eurasian Creative Guild Film Festival | London, United Kingdom | ||
| Best Feature Film[55] | Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes | Cannes, France |
References
- ↑ "Interview with the Florida Times Union".
- ↑ "Interview with Influx Magazine". Archived from the original on 2016-05-19.
- ↑ http://photos.jacksonville.com/mycapture/enlarge.asp?image=36626286
- ↑ "Iranian lands in Jacksonville seeking freedom as a filmmaker".
- ↑ https://voyagejacksonville.com/interview/meet-mahmoud-shoolizadeh-of-32205
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Schedaasp".
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "CineRockom International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 "2014 Moondance Award Winners". October 2014.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 http://flaglerfilmfestival.com/2015-winners/
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Kids Film Festival - Winners" (PDF).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Toronto World International Film Festival 2015 - Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-12-24.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Xtreme Worldwide Studio Film Festival Melbourne - Daddy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Xtreme Worldwide Studio Film Festival Melbourne - Best Movies Phoenix Film Festival Melbourne 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-12-12. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 14.3 14.4 "Heartbreak and parenthood for the teens in "DADDY"". filmbuzz.tv. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "Five Continents International Film Festival - Screenings".
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- ↑ http://www.studentartfestival.org/judging/judges-profiles
- ↑ http://www.thebahamasweekly.com/publish/entertainment/WideScreen_Film_and_Video_Festival_announces_Judges_Panel39993.shtml
- ↑ http://houfestival.com/judges/jury-2016/
- ↑ http://houfestival.com/judges/judges-2017/
- ↑ https://www.serfilmfestival.com/
- ↑ http://www.jacksonvilledancefilmfestival.org/adjudication-panel
- ↑ "Judges".
- ↑ http://www.jacksonville.com/news/20181216/send-my-message-to-all-people
- ↑ Best film award of the Audience, for the film Noora in International Film Festival of Taormina
- ↑ Taormina Film Festival official website, showing the award winners (Noora is on 3rd paragraph on the left column)
- ↑ "In Persian language: official website of Iran Cinema Film Festival (Numbers 10 and 11)". Archived from the original on May 31, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ↑ "A synopsis of the film by Cima (Iran TV) (Noora is the 3rd film down)". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
- ↑ Overview; article; The New York Times
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 "The Prisoner at International Film Fests | Sharon y. Cobb". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-07-03.
- ↑ "Movie-The Prisoner". Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ↑ http://elff.festivalgenius.com/2013/films/theprisoner_mahmoudshoolizadeh_elff2013#reviews
- ↑ 33.0 33.1 "Coastal Georgia Film Alliance Brings Award-winning Director to Camden to Shoot "The Prisoner"".
- ↑ 34.0 34.1 "CineRockom International Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2016-04-06. Retrieved 2014-08-14.
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 http://members.jacksonville.com/news/georgia/2014-04-20/story/movie-producers-are-rolling-camera-ready-camden-county-thanks-coastal
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-28. Retrieved 2015-09-28.
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- ↑ "Georgia information blog: Sights".
- ↑ "Movie producers are rolling in ''camera ready" Camden County thanks to Coastal Georgia Film Alliance | jacksonville.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-30. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
- ↑ Anderson, Danielle (2014-11-26). "Flagler Film Festival Draws More Than 130 Entries". News-JournalOnline.com. Archived from the original on 2014-12-05.
- ↑ "Independent Streak Magazine -- Feb. 2015 by Rachel Galvin - Issuu".
- ↑ Jackson, Gordon (2014-03-24). "Director Returning to Camden to Shoot Second Short Movie." The Brunswick News. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
- ↑ "2014 Moondance Finalists". Moondancefilmfestival.com. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ "2014 CGIFF". Angaelica.com. Retrieved 25 June 2022.
- ↑ "Latino Film Channel". Archived from the original on 2015-01-01. Retrieved 2014-12-27.
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
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- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-12-07. Retrieved 2014-11-27.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "Flagler Film Festival | 2015 Winners". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ↑ 50.0 50.1 "Film Festival Awards 2015". Archived from the original on 2015-02-15. Retrieved 2015-02-15.
- ↑ https://nycinfest.com/official-selection-2019/
- ↑ 52.0 52.1 "limpa.co.uk". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
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- ↑ 55.0 55.1 "MFFC". MFFC. Retrieved Jan 9, 2020.
- ↑ 56.0 56.1 56.2 56.3 "FICOCC #21". FICOCC. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
- ↑ 57.0 57.1 57.2 57.3 "Feature Drama". FICOCC. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
- ↑ 58.0 58.1 "2019 Nominations | Branson | BransonIFF | Branson International Film Festival | Branson F". bransonIFF. Retrieved Mar 3, 2019.
- ↑ variety.com's review of the film Noora
- ↑ "Information about Noora from Iran TV Film Sales Center". Archived from the original on 2007-08-07. Retrieved 2008-09-11.
- ↑ "Los Angeles World International Film Festival - Awards".
- ↑ "Los Angeles World International Film Festival - Awards small posters".
- ↑ "2° Session".
- ↑ "underthestarsiff.com". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
- ↑ "underthestarsiff.com". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
- ↑ "eurasianfilmfestival.uk". Retrieved Aug 24, 2019.
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