Mohammad Shirvani (born 1973 in Tehran) is an Iranian film director. Mohammad Shirvani is a contemporary Iranian film director, script writer, visual artist and producer who was born in Tehran at 1973. He started painting in his youth but as he had to do military services, he left the Fine Art School. After seven years he made his first short film “The Circle” while he was a runaway soldier. The film was chosen by the film critics at Cannes Festival in 1999. Ever since he has dedicated himself to cinema full-time and he is currently the pioneer of the alternative cinema in Iran. His films has been widely selected at more than 300 international film festivals including: Cannes, Berlin, Rotterdam, Sundance, Locarno, Toronto, Tribeca, Busan and etc. This is while four of his films are banned and the rest are not published in his motherland. Currently he is discovering and improving young talents through his “Alternative Cinema Workshop”.His films include President Mir Qanbar (2005), Navel (2003) The Candidate (2001) and Fat Shaker (2013). His film President Mir Qanbar won the Audience Favorite Award at the inaugural, 2007 Noor Iranian Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Short Films
| Title | Time | Format | Year |
|---|
| The Circle | 12 MIN | 35MM | 1999 |
| The Candidate | 15 MIN | DV-35MM | 2000 |
| To Consent | 20 MIN | DV | 2001 |
| Souvenir | 20 MIN | DV | 2001 |
| The Cherries Which Were Canned | 13 MIN | 35MM | 2002 |
| Iranian Conserve | 14 MIN | DV | 2003 |
| The Calm City | 2 MIN | DV | 2005 |
| Six Eyes | 23 MIN | DV | 2014 |
| Tight Skin of the Ambiance | 15 MIN | IPHONE 4 | 2014 |
Documentary Films
| Title | Time | Format | Year |
|---|
| Peresident Mir Qanbar | 65 MIN | DV | 2005 |
| Where 's Leili | 73 MIN | DV | 2006 |
| 444Days | 57 MIN | HDV | 2007 |
| Seven Blind Woman Filmmakers | 106 MIN | DV | 2004-2008 |
| ranian Cookbook | 73 MIN | DV | 2009 |
| 021,Tehran | 51 MIN | HDV | 2010 |
| Telescope | 78 MIN | HD | 2011 |
Video Art
| Title | Time | Format | Year |
|---|
| The Calm City | 2 MIN | DV | 2005 |
| Khayyam | 5 MIN | HB | 2008 |
| Unit Further Notice | 184 MIN | HDV | 2008 |
| Six Eyes | 23 MIN | HD | 2014 |
Feature Films
| Title | Time | Format | Year |
|---|
| Navel | 82 MIN | DV-35MM | 2002 |
| Fat Shaker | 84 MIN | HD | 2013 |
Performance Art
| Title | location | Year |
|---|
| Open | Tehran | 2011 |
| Face of the Winner man | Tehran | 2012 |
Installation Art
| Title | location | Year |
|---|
| Elephant in the Darkness | Rotterdam | 2013 |
Awards
- The Circle, Best Short Film - Fajr IFF - Tehran- 1999
- The Circle, Selected for Critics' Week International -Cannes IFF, France- 1999
- The Candidate, Grand Prize - Marseilles IDFF, 2000
- Iranian Conserve, Best Short Film - Cinema Tout Ecran IFF, Geneva - 2004
- Iranian Conserve,Jury Prize - Cracow IFF, Poland - 2005
- Navel,Grand Prize - Split IFF, Croatia - 2004
- President Mir Qanbar, Award of Excellence - Yamagata - IDFF, 2005
- President Mir Qanbar, Magnolia Award for Best Social Documentary - Shanghai TV IFF, 2006
- Iranian Cookbook, Best Experimental Documentary Film - Cinema Verite IDFF, Tehran - 2010
- Iranian Cookbook, Best Film of Audience Award . Yamagata IDFF, 2011
- Iranian Cookbook, Japan Community Cinema Center Award - Yamagata IDFF, 2011
- Fat Shaker, Tiger Award for The Best Film - Rotterdam IFF, 2013
