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Mohsen Abdolvahab

Mohsen Abdolvahab

Born in Tehran, 1957. Mohsen Abdolvahab started his cinematic activities in 1980 by editing documentary and fictional films. In addition to writing and directing two feature films Please Don’t Bother and To Be Born, he is also one of the best-known Iranian documentary filmmakers in Iran. He has researched and/or directed more than 20 documentary films including Jobseekers in Two Shots, Lakh Mazar, and Haji Abbas’ Wives. He also has co-directed two feature films with director Rakhshan Banietemad: Gilaneh and Mainline.

Selected awards:

  • ‘Silver Wolf’ Award from the Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA) for Haji Abbas’ Wives, 2001.
  • The Honorary Diploma for the Best Documentary from the Yadegar Film Festival for Lakh Mazar, 2002.
  • The Special Award of the International Religion Today Film Festival, Italy, for Lakh Mazar, 2000.
  • The Jury’s Special Award of the Kish Documentary Film Festival for Jobseekers in Two Shots, 2001.
  • The award for the best research text and script from the Roshd film Festival for Lakh Mazar, 2000.