Iranian
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* Iran, a sovereign state
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* Iranian lan ...
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Canadian
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musician and film director, known as a trumpeter and keyboardist with the Juno Award winning orchestral post-rock band Bell Orchestre.
Career
As a filmmaker Nabatian is noted for his 2010 short film ''
Vapor
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Prix Jutra
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Best Short Film at the
13th Jutra Awards The 13th Jutra Awards were held on March 13, 2011 to honour films made with the participation of the Quebec film industry in 2010. Nominations were announced on February 9.Marc Cassivi"Soirée des Jutra: Incendies, favori d'un cru relevé" '' La P ...
, as well as one of TIFF’s
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films for the year.
In 2017, Nabatian directed ''Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything'', a documentary on
Leonard Cohen
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Sophie Goyette
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,
Juan Andrés Arango
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,
Karl Lemieux
Karl Lemieux is a Canadian film director best known for his collaborations with Montreal-based post rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor and his 2016 film '' Shambles''.
Biography
Karl Lemieux joined Godspeed You! Black Emperor in 2010 – wh ...
, Ariane Lorrain and
Caroline Monnet
Caroline "Coco" Monnet is an Algonquin French Canadian contemporary artist and filmmaker known for her work in sculpture, installation, and film.
Early life and education
Monnet is a multi-disciplinary contemporary artist and filmmaker based ...
, of the experimental anthology film, ''The Seven Last Words (Les sept dernières paroles)'', set to the music of Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51. It premiered at the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
Nabatian's debut feature film, '' Sin La Habana'', about an Afro-Cuban ballet dancer who seduces an Iranian Jewish woman in order to escape Cuba, premiered at the
Festival du nouveau cinéma
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in 2020 before being commercially released in 2021. The film stars Yonah Acosta and was written in collaboration with Cuban hip hop producer Pablo Herrera. He received a
Canadian Screen Award
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nomination for
Best Original Screenplay
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at the
10th Canadian Screen Awards
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in 2022 for ''Sin La Habana''.
He has also directed music videos for artists including Bell Orchestre,
Leif Vollebekk
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Half Moon Run
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Career 2009–2013: Forma ...
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Montreal, April 11, 2016.
Filmography
Discography
Bell Orchestre
* ''
Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light
''Recording a Tape the Colour of the Light'' is the debut release of Montreal
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'' (2005)
* ''Who Designs Nature's How'' (2009)
* '' As Seen Through Windows'' (2009)
* ''House Music'' (2021)