Saeed Roustaee (

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: سعید روستایی, born August 14, 1989), also spelled Saeed Roustayi, is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. He has won the

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and Best First Director at the 34th

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

for his feature directorial debut drama film ''

Life and a Day ''Life and a Day'' ( fa, ابد و یک روز, romanized: Abad-o Yek Rouz) is a 2016 Iranian drama film written and directed by Saeed Roustaee. The film screened for the first time at the 34th Fajr Film Festival and earned 10 nominations and re ...

'' (2016). In 2022, his second film, '' Just 6.5'' (2019), was nominated for the

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. In April 2022, his third film, '' Leila's Brothers'' (2022), was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the

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Early life

He graduated from

Soore University Soore University (SU) ( fa, دانشگاه سوره, ''Dânešgâh-e Sure'') is a semi-private non-for-profit research university located in Tehran, Iran. Soore University was founded in 1994, and it is considered among the top art universities ...

with a

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in Directing.

Career

'' is his first major cinematic work. At the Fajr International Film Festival, Roustayi won 2 Crystal Simorghs for best directing and best screenplay. He received the 2016 Reflet d'Or for Best Feature at the

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. His works primarily focus on issues of social injustice, as well as his portrayals of women in Iranian society. His third feature film '' Leila's Brothers'' competed in the

where it won the FIPRESCI Prize for films screened in the main competition section.

Filmography

Feature films

Short films

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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