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Reza Mirkarimi
رضا میرکریمی
Mirkarimi in 2019
Born	(1967-01-28)January 28, 1967 (age 58) Tehran,Iran
Years active	2000–present
Website	www.rezamirkarimi.com

Reza Mirkarimi (Persian:رضا میرکریمی; born 28 January 1967) is anIranian screenwriter and film director.

He graduated from Fine Arts University^{[clarification needed]} in graphic arts inTehran.^{[citation needed]}

His cinema activities started from 1987 with a short film namedFor Him (16mm camera) and with a series of shorts followed by two TV series aimed at young people.^{[citation needed]}

His first feature film,The Child and The Soldier (1999), won several national and international awards, including the "Golden Butterfly" in 1999 at the Isfahan International Children and Youth Film Festival, Iran and the "Montgolfiere d'Argent” in 2000 at the Festival of 3 Continents, Nantes, France, and the "Golden Shoe" in 2001 at the "Children and Teenagers Film Festival" in Zelin, Croatia.The Child and The Soldier, was released in France in 2001.^{[citation needed]} His second feature,Under the Moonlight (2000), dealing with social and religious issues won the Best Feature Award at the 40th Critics' Week in 2001 at theCannes International Film Festival. The film also won the Best Director's Award as well as the Special Jury Prize at the Tokyo IFF in 2001, and the Golden Peacock Award at theInternational Film Festival of India. His fourth and fifth feature films,As Simple as That (2007) andDaughter (2016), won the Golden George Award for the Best Picture at the 30th and the 38thMoscow International Film Festival respectively.His film,Castle of Dreams (2019), won atShanghai International Film Festival, receiving three awards for the best picture, the best director, and the best actor.^{[citation needed]}

Mirkarimi has won seven Golden Simorgh awards at theFajr International Film Festival^{[citation needed]} and three of his films,So Close, So Far,A Cube of Sugar, andToday, have been presented by Iran for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar.

He has also sat on several international film festival juries, includingBlack Nights Film Festival (Estonia),Tokyo International Film Festival (Japan),Carthage Film Festival (Tunisia),Bogota International Film Festival (Colombia), Golden Apricot –Yerevan International Film Festival (Armenia), and as jury president at the 39thMoscow International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

Mirkarimi has collaborated with upcoming Iranian directors by producing their films.^{[citation needed]} He producedDon't be Tired in 2012 andVoice of Silence in 2013.^{[citation needed]}

He has also served as managing director of Khane-ye Cinema (Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds).^{[citation needed]}

Reza Mirkarimi has been director ofFajr International Film Festival for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019.^{[citation needed]}

He was also Secretary of the International Film Festival of the Fajr Film Festival.^[1]

• Baraye Ou (For Him) - 1987.^{[citation needed]}
• Yek Rooze Barani (A Rainy Day) - 1987.^{[citation needed]}
• Khoroos (Rooster) - 1987.^{[citation needed]}

• Iranian Carpet - 2006.^{[citation needed]}

• Majara-haye Aftaab va Aziz Khanoom (The Tales of Aftaab and Lady Aziz) - 1996.^{[citation needed]}
• Bache-haye Madreseye Hemmat (Hemmat School Kids) - 1997.^{[citation needed]}

In 2021 he was selected as Jury Chairman for Kim Jiseok Award in26th Busan International Film Festival to be held in October.^[4]

• 2019 - Golden Goblet Award for Best Feature FilmShanghai International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}
• 2019 - Golden Goblet Award for Best DirectorShanghai International Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}
• 2019 - Best DirectorAntalya Golden Orange Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}

• Iranian cinema

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