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Ramin Mohseni is an international award-winning Persian film director and producer with more than 14 years of professional experience in the film and television industry.

Ramin Mohseni’s critically acclaimed debut feature film FROM AFAR [Az Dourdast]  has been officially selected in international film festivals in Canada (Vancouver VIFF), Iran (Fajr and House of Cinema), USA (Chicago GSFC and Washington SpIFF), India (Kerala IFFK) and Mexico (FICA Acapulco and Baja California); Award Winner for Best Feature Film (3rd Acapulco Int'l Film Festival, Mexico 2007), Award Nominated for Best Debut Feature Film (24th Fajr Int'l Film Festival, Tehran 2006) and Best Art Direction ( Iranian Cinema Festival, 2006).

He has also written and directed serious docu-drama short films such as the Separation (1986) and the Visit (1988); directed and produced cultural and social documentaries such as Imaginary Painting (1996), Self-Expression (2001) and Iranian Lottery (2002) etc.; and also produced and directed several successful, nationally broadcasted TV-documentary series such as A Season for Cinema (1998), Premier Cinema (1999-2001) and Iranian Cinema (2002-2006). Most of those works has been officially selected and participated in various national and international film and TV-programs festivals such as Cima (TV Programs), Yadegar (Cultural Heritage), Docudays (Beirut), Roshd (Educational Films), Kish (Documentary Films) etc., Honored for Best Short Film and Award Nominated for Best Documentary, Best Editing, Best Art Direction and Best TV-Documentary Series in the past years.

Ramin Mohseni holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Screenwriting (Bagh-e Ferdows Filmmaking Training Center, Tehran 1996), and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering with a thesis project in Computer Aided Film Production Planning (Iran University of Science & Technology, 1990).

Member of the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds (Khaneh Cinema) since 1994, Ramin Mohseni is a Member of the Directors Guild of Iranian Cinema and the Association of Iranian Documentary Producers.  In 2001, he established Digital Film Productions , an independent Film & Video Production Company based in Tehran,  which is currently known as Azersam Films and is mainly active for Ramin Mohseni’s productions as a Film Director and Producer.

 In Summary, Ramin Mohseni has produced (and mostly directed, written and edited) nine documentary TV Series (more than 125 hours), five documentary films (about 3 hours), four short and docu-drama films, and one 35mm feature film (100 minuets); with the partnership or support from different Iranian production companies and broadcasters such as Farabi Cinema Foundation, Cima Film Center (Cima Media International), IRIB Channel 4, Channel 2, Channel 1, Iranian Young Cinema Society, Documentary and Experimental Film Center, Digital Film Productions, and Azersam Films.

In addition to many parts of his country Iran, Ramin Mohseni has film production activities, documentary shooting and still photography experiences in France, Germany, Austria, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, UAE ,Saudi Arabia, India and Canada; Now he is producing a new documentary series for IRIB Channel 4, called "AZERBAIJAN", developing his second fiction feature which will be shot in CANADA, also working on a new screenplay for an IRAN-USA feature film co-production temporarily titled “UTOPIA”.

CREDITS:

 ( DIRECTOR, PRODUCER, SCRIPTWRITER )

Feature Films

UTOPIA (Drama /90') [ Int'l Co-Production in Development ]

An ETERNAL TRAVELER (Drama /100') [ Int'l Co-Production in Development ]

FROM  AFAR [Az Dourdast] (2006/Drama/35mm/100')

Documentaries & Short Films

Azerabadegan (2010/Feature Documentary /HD/70') [ in Production ]

Azerbaijan (2009/Documentary Series/HD/ 7x42' ) [ in Production ]

Scenes from Canada (2007/Documentary/DVCAM)

 Making of 'a Virtual Visual Poem' (2005/Documentary/DVCAM) [Producer]

Cannes' Short Cuts (2004/Documentary/DVCAM)

Aavaa (2002/Fiction/DVCAM/15') [Producer]

Iranian Lottery (2002/Documentary/DVCAM /40')

Bride of Rain (2002/Fiction-Documentary/DVCAM/19') [co-Producer]

Self-Expression (2001/Fiction-Documentary/DVCAM)

It's Dawn (1997/Documentary Segments /Betacam SP/33x3') [Director]

Imaginary Painting [Khialisazi] (1996/Documentary/Betacam SP/56')

The Visit (1988/Fiction /16mm /6')

Separation (1986/Fiction-Documentary/Super8/20')

Flickering Stars (1984/Fiction-Documentary/Super8/3')

TV Programs

Iranian Cinema (4) (2006/TV Documentary Series /DVCAM-Batacam SP/8x 45')

Iranian Cinema (2)& (3) (2003-2004/TV Documentary Series/DVCAM-Betacam SP/54x 50')

Iranian Cinema (2002/TV Documentary Series/DVCAM-Betacam SP/26x 45')

Premier Cinema (2) (2001/TV Documentary Series/DVCAM-Betacam SP/13x 30')

18th Festival (2000/TV Documentary Series/Betacam SP/10x 40')

Premier Cinema (1999/TV Documentary Series/Betacam SP/15x 45')

A Season for Cinema (1998/TV Documentary Series/Betacam SP/14x 60')

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

* Award Winner, "Jaguar Warrior"  for Best Feature Film *

* Award Nominee for Best Art Direction *

* Award Nominee, 'Crystal Simorgh'  for Best Debut Feature Film *

 *Award Nominee for Best Documentary Program *

* Award Nominee for Best Picture Editing *

* Award Nominee for Best Art Direction *

 * Award Nominee for Best Documentary Program *

 * Diploma of Honor For Short Film *

Detailed Filmography in Chronological Order:

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