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"Nose, Iranian Style"
(Damagh Be Sabke Irani)
 

Director: Mehrdad Oskouei
Research: Mehrdad Oskouei, Alireza Bahrami, Mandana Karimi
Photography: Reza Teymouri
Editor: Maziar Miri, Babak Karimi
Sound: Farshid Faraji
Music: Ali Samadpour
Executive Producer: Vahid Entezam
Sound Designer and Mix: Hossein Mahdavi
Assistant Director: Reza Hosseinpour, Leila Khansari
Producer: Mehrdad Oskouei
Co-Producer & Distributor:Sheherazad Media International(SMI)
Katayoon Shahabi
Color, Video, 1:1.66, 52 min, 2005

   
SYNOPSIS:

This documentary is about nose job (nose surgery) in Iran that statistically has the highest rank. The film is researching for what Iranian young generation is so interested in changing the appearance. Through nose job, the film surveys and analyzes the urban society and today’s youth of Iran especially in social, psychological, cultural and political fields

 BIOGRAPHY:  

Independent filmmaker and photographer, Mehrdad Oskouei was born in 1969 in Tehran. He has a B.A. in film directing from University of Arts. Oskouei started his artistic career as theater player and filmmaker in 1981 and 1988 respectively. He has made 20 documentaries and short films. His films have received many awards from national and international festivals. "The Other Side of Burka" was nominated as the best Iranian documentary and Oskouei as the best young Iranian filmmaker of the year in 2004.
"Nose, Iranian style" was nominated as the Golden Movie Squad DOC U! Award in Int'l Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA/2005) and has been shown successfully in many channels around the world.

FILMOGRAPHY

Documentary:    

  • SAOCHI(co-director: Reza Yazdani)                              1996
  • THE NEW YEAR FOR TRIBE                                        1997
  • MY MOTHER’S HOME, LAGOON                                   2000
  • THE ECLIPSE(co-dircetor: Ebrahim Saeedi)                    2001
  • LOOK AT ME                                                            2001
  • FONDLER OF LIGHT                                                   2001
  • I CAN’T REMEMBER ANYTHING ABOUT AFGHANISTAN   2002
  • THE WIDOWER                                                        2002
  • THE OTHER SIDE OF BURKA                                       2004
  • Maryam of Hengam Island                                             2004
  • Thin Ray of Light                                                      2005
  • Nose, Iranian Style                                                    2005

Short Film:

  • ANOTHER BIRTH                        1988
  • IN HIS HISTORY                         1989
  • INFORMATION                           1993
  • BORDER                                    1996
  • THE HEAVEN WE COME FROM     1997
  • HAJI BASHI PRIMARY SCHOOL     1998
  • YOU LOVE ME IF …                    1999

FESTIVALS:

  1. Int'l Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)(2005/ Netherlands)
    Nomination Golden MovieSquad DOC U! Award
  2. Salaam DK – Multicultural Film Festival (2006/Denmark)
  3. Ukrainian Int’l Documentary Film Festival “Contact” (2006/ Ukraine)
  4. Oslo Documentary Film Festival (5 – 15 Oct 2006/ Norway)
  5. Tek Film Festival (4 – 9 May 2006/ Italy)
  6. Sixth Biennial of Iranian Studies in Iran Heritage Foundation (2006/ UK)
  7. Rio de Janeiro Int'l Film Festival (21 Sep – 5 Oct 2006 / Brazil)
  8. Film From the South (5 – 15 Oct/ Norway)
  9. Museum of Fine Arts US (2 Dec 2006/ USA)
  10. Jakarta Int’l Film Festival (8 – 17 Dec 2006/ Indonesia)
  11. UCLA (13 April – 4 May 2007/ USA)
  12. Aljazzera Int'l Film Festival (23 – 26April 2007/ Aljazzera)
  13. Syracuse Int'l Film Festival (19 – 29 April 2007/ Portugal)
  14. Berlins Cinema Babylon (28 March – 2 April 2008/ Germany)

  15. Faito Doc Film Festival (5 – 10 August 2008/ Italy)

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