Reza Mirkarimi

Reza Mirkarimi

Reza Mirkarimi (Persian: رضا میرکریمی; born 28 January 1967; Tehran) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director. He graduated from Fine Arts University in graphic arts in Tehran. Mirkarimi has won seven Golden Simorgh awards at the Fajr International Film Festival and three of his films, So Close, So Far, A Cube of Sugar, and Today, have been presented by Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film named For Him (16mm camera) and with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people. His first feature film, The Child and The Soldier (1999), won several national and international awards, including the "Golden Butterfly" in 1999 at the Isfahan International Children and Youth Film Festival, Iran and the "Montgolfiere d'Argent” in 2000 at the Festival of 3 Continents, Nantes, France, and the "Golden Shoe" in 2001 at the "Children and Teenagers Film Festival" in Zelin, Croatia. The Child and The Soldier, was released in France in 2001. His second feature, Under the Moonlight (2000), dealing with social and religious issues won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics' Week in 2001 at the Cannes International Film Festival. The film also won the Best Director's Award as well as the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo IFF in 2001, and the Golden Peacock Award at the International Film Festival of India. His fourth and fifth feature films, As Simple as That (2007) and Daughter (2016), won the Golden George Award for the Best Picture at the 30th and the 38th Moscow International Film Festival respectively. His film, Castle of Dreams (2019), won at Shanghai International Film Festival, receiving three awards for the best picture, the best director, and the best actor. He has also sat on several international film festival juries, including Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia), Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan), Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia), Bogota International Film Festival (Colombia), Golden Apricot – Yerevan International Film Festival (Armenia), and as jury president at the 39th Moscow International Film Festival. He has also served as managing director of Khane-ye Cinema (Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds). Reza Mirkarimi has been director of Fajr International Film Festival for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019. He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival.

  • Title: Reza Mirkarimi
  • Popularity: 0.031
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1966-01-28
  • Place of Birth: Tehran, Iran
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  • Also Known As: Seyyed Reza Mir-Karimi, Реза Миркарими, رضا میرکریمی
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Reza Mirkarimi Movies

  • 2005
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    So Close, So Far

    So Close, So Far

    6.9 2005 HD

    Dr. Alam, a very profiled specialist in neurology and a successful surgeon, is drowned in his professional and social work, in a way that he has...

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  • 2006
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    Rug

    Rug

    5 2006 HD

    In this guided tour of a unique Persian carpet, a close-up of the delicate "spine" of a tree branches out into the discovery of a fantastical world.

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  • 2008
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    As Simple as That

    As Simple as That

    6.8 2008 HD

    A mother and wife is on the brink of an attack. Hengameh Tahareh Ghaziani lives with her husband, her son and daughter in a middle class...

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  • 2001
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    The Child and the Soldier

    The Child and the Soldier

    1 2001 HD

    On New Year's Eve, a young soldier is looking forward to going home but is given orders to escort a juvenile delinquent to a distant reformatory. He...

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  • 2001
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    The Child and the Soldier

    The Child and the Soldier

    1 2001 HD

    On New Year's Eve, a young soldier is looking forward to going home but is given orders to escort a juvenile delinquent to a distant reformatory. He...

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  • 2014
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    Today

    Today

    5.9 2014 HD

    A Tehran taxi driver becomes the impromptu protector of a desperate young pregnant woman after he rushes her to hospital, in this delicate,...

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  • 2011
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    A Cube of Sugar

    A Cube of Sugar

    7 2011 HD

    Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of...

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  • 2001
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    Under the Moonlight

    Under the Moonlight

    4.8 2001 HD

    Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire. While the other students are also busy with similar preparations,...

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  • 2001
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    Under the Moonlight

    Under the Moonlight

    4.8 2001 HD

    Seyyed Hassan, a young seminary student, is preparing to don the clerical attire. While the other students are also busy with similar preparations,...

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  • 2005
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    So Close, So Far

    So Close, So Far

    6.9 2005 HD

    Dr. Alam, a very profiled specialist in neurology and a successful surgeon, is drowned in his professional and social work, in a way that he has...

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  • 1970
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    The Night Guardian

    The Night Guardian

    6 1970 HD

    Due to drought, Rasoul has left the village. He is glad to find a job as a night guardian at a complex under construction. In the deserted...

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  • 1970
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    The Night Guardian

    The Night Guardian

    6 1970 HD

    Due to drought, Rasoul has left the village. He is glad to find a job as a night guardian at a complex under construction. In the deserted...

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  • 1970
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    The Night Guardian

    The Night Guardian

    6 1970 HD

    Due to drought, Rasoul has left the village. He is glad to find a job as a night guardian at a complex under construction. In the deserted...

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  • 1970
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    The Night Guardian

    The Night Guardian

    6 1970 HD

    Due to drought, Rasoul has left the village. He is glad to find a job as a night guardian at a complex under construction. In the deserted...

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  • 2006
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    Being Farmanara

    Being Farmanara

    1 2006 HD

    This documentary looks at different aspects of the life of Bahman Farmanara, the well known Iranian film director and producer.

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  • 2016
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    Daughter

    Daughter

    5.7 2016 HD

    A young girl leaves her hometown in south of Iran for a half day trip without permission of his strict father to attend a close friend's goodbye...

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  • 2002
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    Here, a Shining Light

    Here, a Shining Light

    4.7 2002 HD

    Ghodrat is a disabled simple young boy who lives with a watchman of a shrine in a village. The watchman thinks that the people of village are having...

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  • 2002
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    Here, a Shining Light

    Here, a Shining Light

    4.7 2002 HD

    Ghodrat is a disabled simple young boy who lives with a watchman of a shrine in a village. The watchman thinks that the people of village are having...

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  • 2006
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    Semi-Finished Childhood

    Semi-Finished Childhood

    1 2006 HD

    A documentary about Kiumars Pourahmad (Persian: کیومرث پوراحمد) (16 December 1949 – 5 April 2023). Pourahmad was an Iranian film...

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  • 2019
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    Castle of Dreams

    Castle of Dreams

    6.2 2019 HD

    When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his...

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  • 2019
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    We Are All Together

    We Are All Together

    3.4 2019 HD

    The adventure of a plane crash with passengers who have different secrets; the secrets that are not supposed to remain hidden forever...

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  • 2007
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    Persian Carpet

    Persian Carpet

    5 2007 HD

    Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors...

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  • 2007
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    Persian Carpet

    Persian Carpet

    5 2007 HD

    Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors...

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  • 2019
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    Castle of Dreams

    Castle of Dreams

    6.2 2019 HD

    When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his...

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  • 2019
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    Castle of Dreams

    Castle of Dreams

    6.2 2019 HD

    When mom is terminally ill at the hospital, dad comes along after the long years of absence. Anxious and hesitant, he has got no way but taking his...

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  • 2011
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    A Cube of Sugar

    A Cube of Sugar

    7 2011 HD

    Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of...

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  • 2011
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    A Cube of Sugar

    A Cube of Sugar

    7 2011 HD

    Throughout the two days preceding her long-awaited wedding, amid the flurry of arriving relatives and the preparation of a seemingly endless array of...

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  • 2007
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    Persian Carpet

    Persian Carpet

    5 2007 HD

    Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors...

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  • 2007
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    Persian Carpet

    Persian Carpet

    5 2007 HD

    Persian Carpet is an omnibus film produced by Iran's National Carpet Center and Farabi Cinema Foundation where 15 renowned Iranian directors...

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  • 2009
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    Motherland

    Motherland

    1 2009 HD

    After Islamic Revolution in Iran, many iranians left Iran .now some of them returns to their motherland. 2. A German scientist investigated whether...

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