Parviz Shahbazi is an Iranian filmmaker.

Biography

Shahbazi is a graduate of filmmaking in Iran. During the early 80's he began writing short stories and directing short films. He edited several films and directed 12 short films before making his first feature film, ''Traveler from the South'', in 1996. 'Talla’ is his latest feature movie.

Film career

His debut feature film, ''Traveler from the South'' (1996) as well as his second film, ''Whispers'' (2000) went to countless festivals and brought him international recognition, collecting several prizes along the way. In 2002, his third film, ''Deep Breath'' was shown at the Directors' Fortnight at

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to great success. Among other accolades it won a FIPRESCI award at Pusan and the Jury special award at

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as well as the Best Film award at the Belgrade Author Festival. In 2016 ''Malaria'' was shown at the 73rd Venice film festival and won the Grand Prix at the

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(2016).

Filmography

Awards

Grand Prix at the

(2016) PIFF - FIPRESCI Prize - 2003 - Nafas-e amigh (Deep Breath) Fajr Film Festival - Crystal Simorgh - four times for ''Traveller from the south'' 1996; 2003 - Nafas-e amigh; Karat 14 - 2008; Darband - 2012 Annonay film festival France - Best feature film - Traveller from the south - 1998 Zanzibar film festival - Silver boat - Whispers - 2000 Torinno film festival - Deep Breath - 2003 Dhaka International Film Festival - Best directing - Darband - 2013 and Malaria - 2017 Cinequest Film Festival - Best Feature - 1999 Mosafer-e jonub (The Traveller from the South) TIFF - Gold Award - 1997 Mosafer-e jonub Isfahan International Festival of Films - Golden Butterfly - 1996 Mosafer-e jonub

References

External links

"Parviz Shahbazi website"

"Parviz Shahbazi on Facebook"
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"Cannes Film Festival 2003"

"Interview October 1997"
1962 births Living people Iranian film directors Iranian screenwriters Crystal Simorgh for Best Director winners Crystal Simorgh for Best Screenplay winners {{Iran-film-director-stub