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Hadi AfaridehIran 

Hadi Afarideh

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Director's Biography : Hadi Afarideh, born in Tehran, started his artistic career in 1998 as a theatre playwright and director. Since then he has worked with well-known theatre directors such as Dr Ghotbeddin Sadeghi, Behzad Farahani, Hadi Marzban, Mikael Shahrestani, etc.

He started his filmmaking career in 2001 through the Iranian Youth Cinema’s Association –based in Tehran. He has since accomplished different photography and casting projects in more than 50 short films & documentaries. he also collaborated with Witt Helmer in selecting Iranian actors for the German director’s big cinematic project;

He was named the Best Documentary Maker at the first specialized Iranian Documentary Makers’ Workshop (2006), held by the Iranian Documentary Makers Association & the Documentary & Experimental Film Centre;

By the end of 2009, his films were screened in more than 50 national & international film festivals; in these festivals, he won different awards & prizes for 3 of his feature short films (The Orange, The Whistle, The Father) & five of his short & semi-long documentaries (The Baghcheban’s Children, Under the Pine Trees, The Morning Ceremony, The Story of Gordafarid, The Memory of Niavaran).

Afarideh has also written several feature & documentary film scripts, including the award winning scripts such as A Season of Rain, ???

He’s written critiques on his country’s short films & documentaries in different art & culture magazines & websites.

He was a member of the selection committee and the jury of Bagh Ferdow’s Week of Cinema (2008)

He was also a member of the selection committee for the 12th Annual Celebration of the Iranian House of Cinema (Experimental and Feature Short Films’ section), member of the jury for the DEFC’s 2nd Image of Ashoora symposium in 2008.

He’s currently an active member of the Short Film Society in the House of Cinema and also a member of Iranian Documentary Makers Association in the House of Cinema.

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Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 08/09/11 03:01 PM

A Pale Looking Child

 

A Hadi Afarideh film

 

From Documentary Series “We are not Alone”

Designed & Directed by: Hadi Afarideh

Director of Photography: Mohammad Asheghi

Editing & Sound Editing: Arash Rassafi

Sound Recordist: Mehdi Ghassemi

Music Selected by: Hamidreza Afarideh

With: Ali Shater Torabi

Parvin Rajabzadeh

Behnaz Assangari

Danial Eshraghi

Hamid Bahrampoor

Mostafa Abdollahi

Amir Zendedelan

Still Photography: Mahsa Zarrinjooei

Assistant Director: Alireza Farkhondekish

Editing Assistant: Majid Pilafkan

Produced by: Morteza Nedaei

The film was produced in association with the Special Diseases Foundation

Runnig Time:(min)30

HD - 2011 - IRAN

 

Ali Shater Torabi is a Tehran based child who's been struggling with brain cancer since the age of 4. Doctors believed he had no chance of survival at first. But Ali, now 12, seems to have found his very unique ways of fighting the disease with the aide of his mother. one of these ways could be the letters he writes to his tumor. he believes this has helped him befriend the tumor &...

 

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 01/12/11 06:35 PM

NEW documentary ( 2011 )

 

A Film By Hadi Afarideh

 

 

 

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 01/12/11 06:29 PM

Hadi Afarideh

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 08/19/10 01:45 PM

The Memory of Niavaran

 

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh

 

Director of Photography: Mohammad Asheghi

Film Editor: Hamid Najafi Rad

Sound Recorder: Mohammad Reza Sarmadi

With: Jamal Shah Hosseini - Ali Gorgi - Mohammad Reza Moradi

Music by: Hamid Reza Afarideh

Research Consultants: Reza Dabiri Nejad - Zahra Habibizad

Editing Consultant: Majid Asheghi

Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Fard

Sound Editor: Hamid Najafi Rad

Kamancheh Player: Hamid Reza Afarideh

Still Photography: Mohammad Hamidi - Fatemeh Akbari - Reza Maleki

Assistant Photographer: Mehdi Ghassemi

Assistant Sound Recorder: Mohammad Amir Ahmadi

Produced & designed by: Hadi Afarideh

 

Format: HD

Running Time : (Min) 27

 

Synopsis : On December 15th, 1979, The last Persian king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, left Iran with his queen & family following nationwide unrest & protests.

Nearly 20 days afterwards, on February 1st, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to his homeland and under his leadership, more than 2500 years of monarchy came to an end with the Islamic Revolution in 1979.

Since his arrival, Imam Khomeini was determined to establish his own administration; so the revolutionary forces took over all ministeries, governmental organisations, houses & royal palaces that formerly belonged to the Shah & his companions.

This documentary is going to review –after 30 years- the events leading to the overtaking of the Shah’s most important palace, Niavaran.

 

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 08/19/10 01:40 PM

The Story of Gordafarid

 

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh

Film Editor: Hamid Najafirad

Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani

Sound Recorder: Ali Alaie

Research Consultants; Mohammad Tahaminejad & Gordafarid

Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared

Still Photographer: Hamidreza Afarideh

Sound Editing: hamid Najafirad

Assistant Directors: Pantea Habili - Ali Nematollahi

Assistant Photographer: Navid Solati

Assistant Sound Recorder: Mohammadreza Sarmadi

Research films:Hadi Afarideh - Vahid Roozbehani

Archive Photos: Ebrahim Hessari - Zohreh Sadrinejad

Research Sources: - Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh - Play in Iran, by Bahram Beizaei -Theatre in Iran, by Behrooz Gharibpoor

Cast: Master Valiollah Torabi - Master Mohammad Maddahi - Gholamali Poorataei - Mohammadmorad Abbaspour - Fariborz Abbaspour - Ebrahim Abbaspour - Mohammad Abbaspour - Reza Emaminejad - Jamshid Emaminejad &Fatemeh Habibizad(Gordafarid)

Produced & designed by:

Hadi Afarideh & Documentary & Experimental Film Center

 

Format: DVcam

Running Time : (Min) 34

 

Synopsis : Naqali (Musical Narration) is an Iranian traditional solo theatre in which only men are allowed to perform. As a matter of fact, it's been forbidden for women to appear in a Naqali performance. The place for this theatre has usually been teahouses & public squares. A Naqali play is called a Scroll. The Scrolls are derived from ancient legends or historical stories, as well as Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), written by the greatest Iranian epic writer, Ferdowsi, who is widely classified along with Homer. This documentary recounts the story of the very first female Naqal in Persian history, Fatemeh Habibizad, aka Gordafarid.

 

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 08/19/10 01:37 PM

The Morning Ceremony

 

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh

Film Editor: Loqman Khaledi

Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani

Sound Recorder: Reza Taherazar

Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared

Still Photographer: Hadi Afarideh

Sound Editing: Loqman Khaledi

Assistant Directors: Khalid Karoon Latifi

Cast: Lila Mirzaie – Sepideh Gholami

Produced & designed by: Hadi Afarideh

 

Format: DVcam

Running Time : (Min) 10

 

Synopsis : Every day, the girl students of the elementary schools in Teheran have to take part in the morning ceremony. Those who are late will be punished.

 

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 08/19/10 01:34 PM

Father

 

Director: Hadi Afarideh

Screenwriter: Nima Abbaspour (based on Hadi Afarideh's idea)

Film Editor: Arash Rasafi

Director of Photography: Abbas Fathi Ashkani

Sound Recorder: Reza Sameni

Music: Ankino Darsh

Still Photographer: Ali Oghazian

Assistant Directors: Khalid Karoon Latifi

Monshi Sahneh: Pantea Habili

Arrangement: Maral Mokhtari

Assistant Photographer: Reza Taher Azar, Saeid Ramezanian

Production Manager: Hamid Reza Afarideh, Azam Sadeghi Monfared

Back stage cinematographer: Ima Estemrari

Artists : Mikaieel Shahrestani, Sedigheh Kianfar, Ali Milani, Hadis Madani, Masoud Zonoozirad, Nazanin Mahimani, Leila Mirzaiee, and Morteza Jazab.

Producer: Hadi Afarideh - Iran Youth Cinema Association

 

Format: DVcam

Running Time : (Min) 10

 

Synopsis : The mother of a family goes for obstetrical sonography. The sex of the foetus is not clear. After giving birth to the child the father does not like to take the girl kid home.

 

Posted by: hadiafarideh
Posted: 08/19/10 01:32 PM

Under The Pine Trees

 

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh

Film Editor: Farhang Adamiat – Nilofar Mahloji

Director of Photography: Hadi Afarideh - Payam Azizi & Ashkan Ashkani

Sound Recorder: Hadi Afarideh

Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared

Still Photographer: Hadi Afarideh

Sound Editing: Atbin Hoosini

Assistant Directors: Mehri Norani

Arrangement: Hamidreza Afarideh – Hasan Afarideh

Cast: Ladan Sahraie – Ima stemrari & Mahaia Petrosian

Produced & designed by: Hadi Afarideh & Atbin Film

 

Format: Mini DV

Running Time : (Min) 30

 

Synopsis : Ladan Sahraie a deaf mute twenty year old girl dreams to become an important filmmaker. That’s why she works in Iranian movies.

 

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