Jafar Sadeghi (born 20 November 1986) is a documentary filmmaker, writer, director and editor from
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
. His documentaries include
Farshad Aghaye Goal' and
Hamid Symphony'. which were screened in Iranian cinemas and at international film festivals.
Early life and education
Jafar Sadeghi has a master's degree in civil engineering and graduated from the
Iranian Youth Cinema Society .
Career
He is mostly known for 2 documentaries about the lives of famous Iranian football stars,
Farshad Pious
Farshad Pious (; born 12 January 1962) is an Iranian retired association football, footballer who played as a forward (association football), forward for a number of clubs in Iran, most notably Persepolis F.C., Persepolis, as well as the Iran na ...
and
Hamid Alidoosti
Hamid Alidoosti ( ; ; born 12 March 1956) is an Iranian football coach and former player.
Playing career
Alidoosti played for the Iranian club Homa FC for most of his career, and also appeared with FSV Salmrohr in Germany. He was a member of ...
, but he has had significant activities in making documentaries with social issues. Jafar Sadeghi has won many awards in important Iranian and international festivals. Winning an award at the Iran Documentary Festival and an award at the Milan Festival is one of Jafar Sadeghi's most important achievements in documentary cinema.
He continues to produce documentary films and has been working as a cinema instructor in the Iranian Youth Cinema Society since 2023, also an expert and critic in specialized Iran television documentary TV Shows.
Works of art
The most important awards
* Crystal Simorgh, Best Documentary in 43rd Fajr Film Festival IRAN 2025 for " Trick "
* Special jury award, IRAN Documentary Television Festival 2019 for " Farshad aghaye goal "
* Mention d'Honneur, Sport Movies & Tv - Milano International FICTS Fest 2022 for " Hamid's Symphony "
* Best Director award, Tehran International Sport Movies & TV Festival 2022 for " Hamid's Symphony "
* Special award Documentary TV , Cinema Verite 2024 for " Trick "
References
Etxernal link s
Jafar Sadeghi , Director, Writer, Editor
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1986 births
Living people
Iranian film directors
Iranian documentary film directors