Alireza Ghasemi
علیرضا قاسمی
Born (1990-10-29) 29 October 1990
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
OccupationFilmmaker

Alireza Ghasemi (Persian: علیرضا قاسمی; Born 1990) is an Iranian screenwriter, film director and producer. His short film Lunch Time received a nomination for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival in 2017.

Early life

Alireza Ghasemi was born in 1990. He began his education at the Film and Theater Department of Tehran University of Art in 2012. He received his MFA in filmmaking from Tehran University of Art and spent an exchange year at Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Germany.[1]

Career

Ghasemi became the director of the 11th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival in 2014, and founded and directed the Globe International Silent Film Festival in 2015.[2] He is known for directing the award-winning short films Lunch Time (2017), Better than Neil Armstrong (2019) and Extra Sauce (2020). Ghasemi's films have screened at several Academy-qualifying festivals. His debut feature In the Land of Brothers premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2024.[3]

Filmography

Feature Film

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Note
2024 In the Land of Brothers Yes Yes Yes Premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival

Short Film

Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Note
2015 Shortcut Yes Yes Yes
2016 Frequency Yes Yes Yes
2017 Lunch Time Yes Yes Yes
2019 Better than Neil Armstrong Yes Yes No
2019 Extra Sauce Yes Yes No
2019 Arezo Yes Yes No
2021 Solar Eclipse Yes Yes Yes

    Awards

    • Lunch Time: Nominated for the Short Film Palme d'Or at the 70th Annual Cannes Film Festival, 2017[4]
    • Frequency: Nominated for the Best Experimental Film, and Winner of the Best Editing award at 13th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2016[5]
    • Shortcut: Winner of the Special Jury Committee Prize at 12th Nahal International Student Short Film Festival, 2015[6]

    References

    1. ↑ https://www.locarnofestival.ch/pardo/Locarno-Young/Locarno-Academy/critics-academy/past-editions/Critics-2019/alireza-ghasemi.html. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
    2. ↑ "1st Tehran Intl. Silent filmfest. kicks off". Retrieved 18 April 2017.
    3. ↑ "Program Guide | 2024 Sundance Film Festival". festival.sundance.org. Retrieved 2023-12-19.
    4. ↑ "Lunch Time (2017) – FCC". Retrieved 2021-02-02.
    5. ↑ "نامزدهای دریافت بهترین جایزه در بخش های مختلف مسابقه از نگاه هیئت داوران". جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
    6. ↑ "درباره نهال – جشنواره فیلم کوتاه دانشجویی نهال". nahalfestival.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2017-04-15. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
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