Kaveh Mazaheri
Kaveh Mazaheri is an Iranian Director and Scriptwriter.
He started his work by writing a film critique in magazines. After graduating in railway engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology in 2005, he made his first short narrative film entitled "Tweezers". He has directed four independent short narrative films and more than twenty short and medium-length documentaries.
He has won numerous awards from national and international film festivals for short film Retouch, such as "Best Short Fiction Film" at Tribeca, Kraków, Palm Springs, Stockholm, Tirana, Fajr Film Festivals
Movies
Long Films
- ''Botox''
Short Narrative Films
- Tweezers
- Cockroach
- Retouch
Documentaries
- Waxinema
- Day of Blood
- Soori's Trip
- A Report about Mina
- Flight to Pardis
Awards
- Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival - Winner Jury Special Mention
- Tribeca Film Festival - Winner Best Narrative Short, Winner Jury Prize
- Kraków Film Festival - Winner Best Short Fiction Film, Winner Don Quixote Award
- Palm Springs International ShortFest - Winner Best Live Action over 15 Minutes
- Fajr Film Festival -Winner Best Short Film
- 25th Curtas Vila do Conde International Film Festival – Winner Audience Award, Nominated Grand Prize
- Stockholm International Film Festival – Winner Best Short Film
- Traverse City Film Festival – Winner Best Short Fiction Film
- Hancheng International Short Film Festival – Winner 3rd Prize for Best Short Film of Silk Road Competition
- Ojai Film Festival – Winner Best Narrative Short
- Tirana International Film Festival – Winner Best Short Fiction
- Wine Country Film Festival-WCFF – Winner "COURAGE IN CINEMA" AWARD
- Aix-en-Provence International Short Film Festival – Winner Jury Prize
- Almería International Film Festival – Winner Best Screenplay
- Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco – Winner Best Screenplay for Short Film
- Asiana International Short Film Festival – Winner Jury Special Mention
- São Paulo International Short Film Festival – Winner Audience Favorite Prize, Nominated Best Film
- Bosphorus International Film Festival – Winner Best International Short Fiction Film
- International Short Film Festival ZUBROFFKA – Winner Best Film
- SETEM Academy Silk Road International Film Festival – Winner Grand Special Jury prize
- Moscow International Film Festival – Nominated Best Film of the Short Film Competition
- Durban International Film Festival - Nominated Best International Short Film
- Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival – Nominated Best Fiction Short Film
- Encounters Film Festival – Nominated Best Film
- Moondance International Film Festival – Nominated Best Short Film
- Denver Film Festival – Nominated Best Short Film
- Tallgrass Film Festival – Nominated Best Short Film
- Tacoma Film Festival – Nominated Best Short Film
- Adelaide Film Festival – Nominated Best Short Film
- Sedicicorto International Film Festival – Nominated Best Short Film
- Chicago International Film Festival – Nominated Gold Hugo for Best Fiction Short Film
- Valladolid International Film Festival Seminci – Nominated Best Foreign Short at Meeting Point Section