Vahid Jalilvand (

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: وحید جلیلوند; born March 11, 1976) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, actor and editor. He has won the

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for Best First Director and Best First Film at the 33rd Fajr Film Festival and the

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at the

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for his feature directorial debut in

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'' Wednesday, May 9'' (2015). In 2017, he won The Orizzonti Award for Best Director at the

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for his second film, '' No Date, No Signature''. His third film, '' Beyond the Wall'' (2022) competed for the Golden Lion at the

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Career

Vahid Jalilvand was born in

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in 1976. He is a graduate of

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in theatre directing. Jalilvand started his career as a theatre actor and made his stage debut when he was only 15. In 1996, he started working in the Iranian State TV channels as an editor and then as a TV director. Later, he directed two home video series and more than 30 documentaries in social and industrial fields. He has been the director and actor in many television series and plays. “ Wednesday, May 9”, his first feature was awarded

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and the INTERFILM Award for Promoting Inter-religious Dialogue in Orizzonti, Venice Int’l Film Festival 2015. “ No Date, No Signature” is his second feature which was awarded best director and best actor in Orizzonti, Venice Int’l Film Festival 2017.“ No Date, No Signature” was Iran’s representative to the

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for Best Foreign Language Film, 2019.

Filmography

Feature films

Documentary

Television

Awards and nominations

Wednesday, May/9

* FIPRESCI Best Film Award, Venice International Film Festival, Italy * INTERFILM Award, Venice International Film Festival, Italy * Golden Puffin Award for Best Film,

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, Island * Best First Film Director Award, Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia * Vahid Jalilvand - Ali Jalilvand

FIPRESCI Best Film Award, Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia * Jury’s Award,

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, France * NETPACK Award,

, France * Best Fiction Film Award, Berkshire International Film Festival, England * Crystal Simorgh for Best First Film Director, 33rd Fajr Film Festival, Iran * Best Direction Award, City Film Festival, Iran * Best First Film Director Award, Feast of Iran's Cinema Critics and Writers Association, Iran

No Date, No Signature

* Best Direction Award, in orizzonti, 74th

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* Gold Hugo Award for Best Direction, 53rd

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, USA * Silver Alexander Award, 58th

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, Greece * Critics Award, 58th

, Greecev * Critics Award, 19th Bratislava International Film Festival, Slovakia * Best Screenplay Award, 19th Stockholm International Film Festival, Sweden * Best Direction Award, Sheed Film Festival, USA * Jury’s Award for Direction, Belgrade International Film Festival, Serbia * Best Direction Award,

Tarkovsky Film Festival Andrei Arsenyevich Tarkovsky ( rus, Андрей Арсеньевич Тарковский, p=ɐnˈdrʲej ɐrˈsʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ tɐrˈkofskʲɪj; 4 April 1932 – 29 December 1986) was a Russian filmmaker. Widely considered one of the greates ...

, Russia * Best Film Award (Grand Prix),

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, Belgium * Crystal Simorgh for Best Direction, 35th Fajr Film Festival, Iran * Best Direction Award, 20th House of Cinema Feast, Iran * Best Screenplay Award, 20th House of Cinema Feast, Iran * Best Scriptwriter Award, 1st Cinema Cinema Academy, Iran * Best Film Special Award, 1st Cinema Cinema Academy, Iran * Jury’s Special Award Kinenova Skopje Film Festival, Macedonia * Best Dramatic Feature Award, Thailand Film Festival

References

https://cinemawithoutborders.com/no-date-no-signature-oscar/ http://ankarasinemadernegi.org/en/directors/vahid-jalilvand/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gba7F_pZiA4 https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/no-date-no-signature-2018 https://variety.com/2017/film/reviews/no-date-no-signature-review-1202545871/

External links

* *http://www.sourehcinema.com/People/People.aspx?Id=138806070200 1976 births Living people People from Tehran Iranian screenwriters Iranian film directors Iranian male film actors Iranian male stage actors Mass media people from Tehran Iranian male television actors Iranian radio and television presenters Crystal Simorgh for Best Director winners {{Iran-bio-stub