Mostafa Keshvari

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Mostafa Keshvari (Persian: مصطفی کشوری) is an Iranian-born Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter.[1][2] [3]

Career[]

Keshvari started his film directing career in 2015. His first featured film Unmasked won numerous awards at international film festivals. The film is about a young Muslim immigrant woman secretly joins an acting class.[4][5][6]His debut short film I Ran was selected in 2015 Cannes Short Film Corner.[7]Keshvari′s film, Child Bride was premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. [8][9] Keshvari directed the film Corona during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received international attention for reportedly being the first feature film about the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11][12][13] Keshvari directed Eternal Igloo, an animated short film, released in 2021. The film won Golden Sheaf Award for Best Multicultural Film at the Yorkton Film Festival in 2021.[14][15] [16] The film received Best Sound Award, Best Musical Score Award and was nominated for at the 2021 Leo Awards.[17][18] It also won the Best International Short Film Awards at Oakville Festivals of Film and Art.[19]

Selected filmography[]

Director, writer and producer[]

  • Eternal Igloo (2021)
  • Corona (2020)
  • The Will and the Wall (Short) (2020)
  • Color-blind (2020)
  • Child Bride (Short) (2020)
  • One Journey (Short) (2018)
  • Unmasked (2018)
  • Music Box (2018)
  • Dream of a Paper plane (Short), (2016)
  • Modern Monk (Documentary) (2017)
  • I Ran (Short) (2015)

References[]

  1. ^ "کارگردان جوان ایرانی فیلمی درباره کرونا ساخت". media.hamyaari.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  2. ^ "گفت‌وگو با مصطفی کشوری کارگردان ساکن ونکوور". media.hamyaari.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  3. ^ "Meet the Vancouver filmmaker behind the world's first COVID-19 feature film". CBC.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. ^ "گفت‌وگو با مصطفی کشوریTo screen at the Cannes Film Festival, Mostafa Keshvari's short film, I Ran, has Langley as an Iranian village and stars sister Ghazaleh Keshvari". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  5. ^ "About Unmasked". soundviewmediapartners.com. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  6. ^ "Vancouver Filmmaker talks about his new feature film 'Unmasked'". Global News. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  7. ^ "اولین فیلم داستانی با موضوع کرونا توسط کارگردان ایرانی-کانادایی". hafteh.ca. 4 April 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  8. ^ "Local Vancouver Filmmaker raises awareness about child brides in new film". Global News. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  9. ^ "Tsawwassen teen walks red carpet at Cannes Film Festival". Delta Optimist. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  10. ^ "بی‌بی‌سی فارسی. Coronavirus : un thriller sur la pandémie déjà réalisé à Vancouver". Le Point (in French). 2 April 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  11. ^ "Coronavirus: the movie is somehow already here – but are we ready for it?". The Guardian. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  12. ^ "بی‌بی‌سی فارسی. «ورود کرونا به سینما؛ اولین فیلم دربارهٔ کووید ۱۹ به کارگردانی یک ایرانی- کانادایی»". BBC. 4 April 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  13. ^ Kron, Josh (2020-03-31). "A Coronavirus Thriller Was Finished Just Before the Shutdown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  14. ^ "2021 winners and nominees". Yorkton Film Festival. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  15. ^ "Golden Sheaf Award winners announced for 2021". Yorkton This Week. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  16. ^ "Golden Sheaf Award winners announced for 2021". SaskToday.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  17. ^ "Nominees and winners by name 2021". Leo Awards. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  18. ^ "2021 Nominees & Winners by Program". Leo Awards. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  19. ^ "Eternal Igloo-OFFA 2021 - Oakville Film Festival". Oakville Festivals of Film and Art. Retrieved July 31, 2021.

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