Jamshed Usmonov ( tg, Ҷамшед Усмонов, fa, جمشید عثمانف; born 13 January 1965), also credited as Djamshed Usmonov, is a

Tajik Tajik, Tadjik, Tadzhik or Tajikistani may refer to: * Someone or something related to Tajikistan * Tajiks, an ethnic group in Tajikistan, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan * Tajik language, the official language of Tajikistan * Tajik (surname) * Tajik cu ...

film director, producer, scriptwriter and one of the most notable figures of contemporary Persian cinema. He studied at the Dushanbe Fine Arts School in

Dushanbe Dushanbe ( tg, Душанбе, ; ; russian: Душанбе) is the capital and largest city of Tajikistan. , Dushanbe had a population of 863,400 and that population was largely Tajik. Until 1929, the city was known in Russian as Dyushambe (r ...

and Director's School in

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. His film '' To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'', was screened in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the

2006 Cannes Film Festival The 59th Cannes Film Festival was held from 17 to 28 May 2006. Twenty films from eleven countries were in competition for the Palme d'Or. The President of the Official selection Jury was Wong Kar-wai, the first Chinese director to preside over the ...

Filmography

* 1998: ''

Flight of the Bee Flight or flying is the process by which an object moves through a space without contacting any planetary surface, either within an atmosphere (i.e. air flight or aviation) or through the vacuum of outer space (i.e. spaceflight). This can be a ...

'' * 2002: ''

Angel on the Right ''Angel on the Right'' ( tg, Фариштаи китфи рост, Farishtai kitfi rost; fa, فرشته کتف راست) is a 2002 Tajik comedy-drama film directed by Jamshed Usmonov. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 ...

'' * 2006: '' To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die'' ( tg, Bihisht faqat baroi murdagon) * 2011: ''

My Wife's Romance ''My Wife's Romance'' (french: Le roman de ma femme) is a 2011 French drama film written and directed by Djamshed Usmonov and starring Olivier Gourmet and Léa Seydoux. Plot Eve's husband Paul, disappears mysteriously one day and leaves behind ...

Awards and honors

The Flight of the Bee Torino Film Festival 1998 : Grand Prix, Audience Award, Fipresci Prize Thessaloniki Film Festival 1998 : Silver Alexander. Angel on the Right Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2002, “Un Certain Regard” Special Jury Prize Angers 2003, Special Jury Prize Tokyo Filmex 2003, Grand Prix Tromso 2003, Grand Prix Barcelona Asian Film Festival,

FIPRESCI Prize The International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI, short for Fédération Internationale de la PRESse CInématographique) is an association of national organizations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world fo ...

at the 2002

London Film Festival The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ...

. To Get to Heaven, First You Have to Die Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2006, “Un Certain Regard” Grand Prix Tokyo Filmex 2006

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Kiarostami's "Friend's home" brought me back to cinema (An interview with Jamshid Usmanov)
(in Persian) Ethnic Tajik people Tajikistani film directors Persian-language film directors 1965 births Living people {{Asia-film-director-stub

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