The Blue Bed

Director, screenwriter, producer Born in 1973 in Iran, is a multi-awarded Iranian-Canadian screenwriter, director, and producer. In 2010, he gained his master's degree in Cinema studying from the faculty of art at the University of Tehran, and also directed his first short film "Slowness". He immigrate to Vancouver, Canada in 2016, and made his second film "The Blue Bed" in 2020. It has been selected for some Oscar-qualifying festivals like Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2020, and Goya-qualifying like Elche International Independent Film Festival 2020, Palencia International Film Festival. It also won the Best Director Award from the Vancouver Short Film Festival 2020 and was nominated for three main categories at the Leo Awards 2020: The Best Short Film, The Best Directing, and The Best Screenwriting. In 2020, he has written a feature movie that is called "Into Schrodinger’s Box" that is directed by Amir Ganjavi and Nasim Naghavi in Toronto and it was selected for the "Big Apple Film Festival", and received the Best Feature Film Award from the "New Jersey Film Festival" in 2021. Furthermore, he has directed a documentary feature film "Margin vs. Center" (2021), and a new short film "Split End" (2021) that will be released soon. "The Gold Teeth" is a short script he has written that has made the Crazy 8s Top 6 and plans to direct it by the end of February 2022. Social justice, women's rights, and immigrant issues are his concerns. Filmography: The Gold Teeth (2022) Cortometraje - director Split End (2021) Cortometraje - director Margin vs. Center (2021) Documental - director The Blue Bed (2020) Cortometraje - director Slowness (2010) Cortometraje - director

– Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2020 (Japan)
– Elche International Independent Film Festival 2020 (Spain)
– Palencia International Film Festival 2021 (Spain)
– Friss Huss Budapest ISFF 2021 (Hungary)
– Satisfied Eye International Film Festival 2020 (UK)
– Evolution! Mallorca International Film Festival 2020 (Spain)
– Granada Film Festival 2020 (Spain)
– La Mirada Tabú Film Festival 2020 (Spain)
– Derby Film Festival 2020 (UK)
– Osnabrück Independent Film Festival 2020 (Germany)
– Linz International Short Film Festival 2020 (Austria)
– Seattle Film Summit 2020 / Best Audience Award  (USA)
– Hamilton Film Festival 2020 (Canada)
– Chilliwack Independent Film Festival 2020 (Canada)
– Minikino Film Week 2020 (Indonesia)
– Cinemadamare 2020 (Italy)
– Crested Butte Film Festival 2020 (USA)
– Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay, and Music Festival 2020 (USA)
– Hexagon Film Festival 2020 (Italy)
– Arpa International Film Festival 2020 (USA)
– ReadingFilmFEST 2020 / Best Short Drama, Best Actress (USA)
– Loudoun Arts Film Festival 2020 (USA)
– Accolade Global Film Competition 2020 / Award of Excellence Special Mention (USA)
– LEO AWARDS 2020 (Canada)
– Screen Power Film Festival 2020 / Best Director Award (UK)
– Rieti & Sabina Film Festival 2020 (Italy)
– Brazil Cinefest 2021 (Brazil)
– Fastnet Film Festival 2021 (Ireland)
– International Changing Perspectives Short Film Festival 2020 (Turkey)
– La Paz International Film Festival 2020 (Bolivia)
– Vancouver Short Film Festival 2020 / Best Director Award (Canada)
– Myart film Festival 2020 (Italy)
– FOLCS International Short Film Competition 2021 / 2nd Place Best Short Film (USA)
– Yari Film Festival 2021 (Sweden)
– Art is alive Film Festival 2021 (Iran)
– Riverside International Film Festival 2021 (USA)
– Queens World Film Festival 2021(USA)
– Humans of Film Festival 2021 (Netherland)
– Nostalgia Film Festival 2021 (Italy)
– RapidLion – The South African International Film Festival (South Africa)
– The Extraordinary Film Festival (Belgium)
– RIFFA – Regina International Film Festival and Awards (Canada)
– Fabriano Film Fest (Italy)
– Vancouver Island Short Film Festival (Canada)
– Star City Film Festival (USA)
– Cindependent Film Festival 2021 / Honorable Mention (USA)
– Festival Internacional Cine de América 2021 / Special Mention (Mexico)
– Women Over 50 Film Festival (UK)
– Golden Door International Film Festival 2021 / Light It Up Blue Award (USA)
– North America International UniFilm Festival (USA)
– Festival Protesta 2021 / Best Short Film (Spain)
– Ojai Film Festival (USA)
– Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (USA)
– Burien Film Festival 2021 / Honorable Mention (USA)
– DIRECTORS CUT INT’L FILM FESTIVAL (Canada)
– We Care Film Festival (India)
– Anchorage International Film Festival (USA)
– 9. International Silk Road Film Awards (Turkey)
– Link International Film Festival (UK)
– Extraordinario festival (Italy)
– Islantilla Cineforum Film Festival (Italy)
– Settimo Short Film Festival 2021 / Best Short Film (Italy)
– Visioni Corte Film Festival (Italy)
– 45th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt (Germany)
– Abbotsford Film Festival (Canada)
– Extraordinary Film Festival 2021 / Best Actress (Italy)
– Rare Disease International Film Festival 2021 / Best Short Film (Italy)
– Festival del Cinema di Castel Volturno (Italy)
– Exground Filmfest (Germany)
– International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (India)
– 22nd Corti Da Sogni – Antonio Ricci (Italy)
– Short Long World Film Festival (Argentina)
– 75th Salerno International Film Festival (Italy)
– Diogenes International Short Film Festival (Georgia)