Mehdi Fard Ghaderi
Mehdi Fard Ghaderi is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film producer. He is known for directing the films Immortality, Weightlessness, and The Annoyed.
Career
Short films
Fard Ghaderi began his career in cinema in 2007. Over the following decade, he wrote and directed eight experimental and narrative short films, including the following:Alternation The Life of Khorshid Gramophone Reversing Circles Mirror Narration of Simple Stories The Story of a Rainy Night Autumn Leaves- ''Sinful Pleasures''
Feature films
Immortality, his first feature film, was filmed in a single shot over 145 minutes aboard a train. The film was nominated for Best Film at the Rome Film Festival, Munich Film Festival, and the Transilvania International Film Festival. It was screened at twenty international film festivals. The film won several international awards, including Best Film at the 16th Ischia Film Festival.Weightlessness, his second feature film, also employed extended long takes. The film was screened at fifteen international film festivals and received awards in Europe and North America.
His next feature, The Annoyed, premiered at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival. The film was screened at 25 international film festivals, including the St. Louis Film Festival and the Kerala Film Festival.
Fard Ghaderi served as a producer on the film The Son. The film received awards at the Moscow Film Festival and was screened at the International Film Festival Rotterdam and the Valladolid International Film Festival.