Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian
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 Mahdavian at the 34th Fajr Film Festival (2016) | |
| Born | 12 May 1981 |
| Alma mater | Soore University |
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| Years active | 2012–present |
| Spouse(s) | Mahbobe Golsorkhtabar |
| Children | 2 |
Mohammad Hossein Mahdavian (Persian: محمدحسین مهدویان; born 12 May 1981) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.[1] He's best known for his films Standing in the Dust (2016), Midday Adventures (2017), Lottery (2018), Walnut Tree (2020) and Mortal Wound (2021).[2]
He won both Best Film and Audience Choice of Best Film for making the film Midday Adventures, making it one of only five films in The history of cinema of Iran to win the latter. (the other four are The Glass Agency, Low Heights, In Amethyst Color and Crazy Rook)[3][4]
Career[]
He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in Directing and a master's degree in production from the Iran Broadcasting University.[5][6][7]
Mahdavian received critical acclaim for making the film Standing in the Dust, he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Film and received an nomination for Crystal Simorgh for Best Director in 2016 at the 34th Fajr Film Festival.[8][9]
in 2017 he won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Film and the Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film for Midday Adventures. When he received this award (Crystal Simorgh for Audience Choice of Best Film), he called it the most important award of the festival.[10][11]
He won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director at the 38th Fajr Film Festival for making the film Walnut Tree.[12][13]
Style[]
One of the main tools used by Mahdavians to represent a documentary is the use of a hand-held camera in filming, which creates the illusion of more reality for the viewer. A technique that is, of course, used in many especially social films of Iranian cinema. But the visual quality and texture of the image that Mahdavian creates is not similar to the scenes on social films.
In the first place, it uses the Negative to add a nostalgic aspect to the films, which is in harmony with the story and the theme of the film. That is, the choice of whether to shoot a negative or digital film is directly related to the story. In "Standing in the Dust" or "Midday Adventures" and "Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood", a 16mm negative camera has been used to bring the film closer to its narrative since the 1960s. Digital cameras have been rebuilt and in "Walnut Tree" in each period of the film, ie the 60s, 80s and 90s, in order to remain faithful to the visual index texture in each decade, 16mm, 35mm and digital cameras, respectively, have been used. They have their own visual phase.
In addition, the camera movements are not like other social films, it has sloppiness and pus, which again emphasizes the documentary aspect. Of course, this does not mean that the director's design is not accurate, that exactly all the elements in front of the camera are placed in such a way that they look slutty and "unplaced". In Mahdavian's works, the camera serves to document and bring the viewer closer to the date and time in which the story of the film takes place.
Filmography[]
Feature films[]
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter |
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| 2016 | Standing in the Dust | Yes | Yes |
| 2017 | Midday Adventures | Yes | Yes |
| 2018 | Lottery | Yes | Yes |
| 2019 | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Yes | No |
| 2020 | Walnut Tree | Yes | No |
| 2021 | Shishlik | Yes | No |
| 2022 | The Loser Man | Yes | Yes |
Home video[]
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Notes |
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| 2021 | Mortal Wound | Yes | Yes | distributed by |
Television[]
| Year | Title | Director | Screenwriter | Network |
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| 2012 | The Last Days of Winter | Yes | Yes | IRIB TV1 |
Documentary[]
- Assassination of The Source
- Wound Bone
- The Great Dictator
- Three Sides of The Battlefield
- Sana
- Short Story of Death In Mid-summer
- Father
- Angel of Death
- Single Bed
- Beam and Hope Collection
Recurring cast[]
| Actor | The Last Days of Winter | Standing in the Dust | Midday Adventures | Lottery | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Walnut Tree | Shishlik | Mortal Wound | The Loser Man |
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| Rana Azadivar | |
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Awards and nominations[]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
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| 2016 | Fajr Film Festival | Best Director | Standing in the Dust | Nominated |
| Best Screenplay | Nominated | |||
| 2017 | Best Director | Midday Adventures | Nominated | |
| 2019 | Best Director | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Nominated | |
| 2020 | Best Director | Walnut Tree | Won | |
| 2018 | Hafez Awards | Best Director – Motion Picture | Midday Adventures | Won |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| 2019 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Lottery | Nominated | |
| Jury Prize | Won | |||
| 2020 | Best Director – Motion Picture | Midday Adventures: Trace of Blood | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | Nominated | |||
| 2021 | Best Director – Television Series | Mortal Wound | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay – Television Series | Won | |||
| Best Director – Motion Picture | Walnut Tree | Nominated |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "بیوگرافی محمدحسین مهدویان، کارگردان ایستاده در غبار". ساتین (in Persian). Retrieved 2017-09-28.
- ^ Agency, قوه قضائیه | خبرگزاری میزان | Mizan Online News (۱۳۹۹/۱۱/۱۱ - ۰۵:۴۵). "تغییر جهت «محمدحسین مهدیان» در جشنواره فجر ۳۹/ «شیشلیک» یک کمدی دقیقه ۹۰". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ^ "مهدویان و چالش طبخ یک «شیشلیک» تند!/ بازار گفتگو در «فجر» گرم شد". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ Agency, قوه قضائیه | خبرگزاری میزان | Mizan Online News (۱۳۹۹/۱۰/۰۸ - ۰۵:۴۵). "احتمال انصراف «محمدحسین مهدویان» از فجر ۳۹/ «شیشلیک» به جشنواره نمی‌رود؟". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ^ Agency, قوه قضائیه | خبرگزاری میزان | Mizan Online News (۱۴۰۰/۰۷/۱۰ - ۱۰:۰۰). "کارگردان زخم‌کاری «بازنده» به جشنواره فیلم فجر باز می‌گردد؟". fa (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ^ "«بازنده»؛ فیلم تازه محمدحسین مهدویان". اصفهان امروز آنلاین (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "فیلم «بازنده» محمدحسین مهدویان برای جشنواره فجر". ساتین ⭐️ (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "بیوگرافی محمد حسین مهدویان و همسرش محجوبه گلسرخ تبار" (in Persian). 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "محمدحسین مهدویان | بیوگرافی + عکس‌های محمدحسین مهدویان | سلام‌سینما". www.salamcinama.ir. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "بیوگرافی محمدحسین مهدویان کارگردان و همسر و فرزندانش +اینستاگرام". ✔️شبونه (in Persian). 2020-03-22. Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ ناصری, فرشاد (2020-11-29). "بیوگرافی محمدحسین مهدویان". عرصه سه (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "سیمرغ بهترین کارگردانی به محمدحسین مهدویان رسید /تلویزیون بازهم سانسور کرد". روزنامه دنیای اقتصاد (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
- ^ "زندگینامه و بیوگرافی محمدحسین مهدویان". هنر امروز (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-26.
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