Filmography
You Won’t See Winter
You Won’t See Winter (2020)
The Film depicts the taboo of homosexuality in Iran from the perspective of a political family who are heavily involved in the government system. A sex tape of two Iranian girls in a car gets viral in social media. The car belongs to the head of internet censorship organization of Iran. (Read more on IMDB)
Producer: Abdolreza Kahani
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Executive Producer: Ali Aryana , Dorsay Shafie , Patrick Gimenez
Cast: Ghazal Partou , Ali Aryana, Aryan Abbasnia , Sadaf Shakori , Nazanin Arabani
Cinematographer:Moein Reza Motallebi
Editor: Shima Monfared
Associate Producer: Mina Rafiei , Roham Maher, Elnaz Zarsazan
sound recordist: David Moffat
Special Effects: Natalia Andrea Pozo
Genre: Drame
Country: Canada
Language: Persian
Isthmus (2020)
A woman loves her husband but struggles with the fear of being controlled by him. (Read more on IMDB)
Producer: Saeed Fardsaberi
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Executive Producer: Amanda Kiely, Patrick Gimenez
Cast: Reece Presley, Catherine Howard, Stephanie Jaskot, Jim Garfield, Tess Spentzos, Adam Daniel Mezei,
Cinematographer: Jack Yan Chen
Editor: Shima Monfared
Composer: Yves Boisvert
Line Producer: Michael James Regan
Production Designer: Nazanin Mir Ahmadi
sound recordist: David Moffat
Sound Mixer, Sound-design: Bret Killoran
Genre: Drame
Country: Canada
Language: English
Free Like Air (2019) Post-Prod
The story of a man on a winter night in Toronto (Read more on IMDB)
Writer and Director: Abdolreza Kahani, Reza Attaran
Cast: Reza Attaran, Finnegan Oldfield, Ophélie Bau, Lars Classington, Stennie Bell
Cinematographer: Ian MacDougall
Editor: Shima Monfared
Production Designer: Abdolreza Kahani
sound recordist: David Moffat
Sound Mixer, Sound-design: Maud Lombart
Genre: Drame
Country: Canada
Language: France-English
We Like You Miss Yaya (2018)
The Story of two brothers-in-law Naser and Moteza who after the death of their wives’ father go to China for a business trip but when the opportunity arises, they go to Thailand instead. There they meet an old friend, Azim, who ruins everything for them. (Read more on IMDB)
Producer: Thanatphon Sinponkoud, Hamid Pendashteh, Ehsan Zellipour
Writer and Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Reza Attaran, Hamid Farokhnezhad, Nitaya Chaisriyaya, Amin Hayayee
Cinematographer: Moein Reza Motallebi
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Keetawat Chinnakote
Makeup Artist: Sarisa Sarnsirikul
Production Designer: Piman Lamsamran
sound recordist: Naser Entezari
Sound Mixer, Sound-design: Alireza Alavian
Genre: Drame
Country: Thailand
Language: Persian-Thai
Delighted (2016)
How can three young carefree women wish to enjoy their days in Tehran at any cost?. How possible is it to realize such a dream effortlessly? This is not a dream, this is their lifestyle. (Read more on IMDB)
Producer: Saeid Khani, Abdolreza Kahani
Writer and Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Mahnaz Afshar, Tannaz Tabatabaei, Sahar Dolatshahi, Aida Mahiani, Mehran Ghafoorian, Siavash Cheraghi Pour,
Cinematographer: Moein Reza Motallebi
Editor: Shima Monfared
Makeup Artist: Azim Farayen
Production Designer: Melody Esmaeili
sound recordist: Rashid Daneshmand
Sound Mixer, Sound-design: Alireza Alavian
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Absolute Rest (2015)
A divorced woman attempts to take her child to Tehran for new opportunities, but her ex-husband is willing to do everything he can to interfere. (Read more on IMDb)
Film Bio:
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Abdolreza Kahani
Screenplay: Abdolreza Kahani, Saeid Ghotbizadeh
Actors: Taraneh Alidoosti , Reza Attaran, Babak Hamidian, Majid Salehi, Amir Shahab Razavian
Editor: Shima Monfared
Cinematographer: Moein Reza Motallebi, Ebrahim Ashrafi
Music: Karen Homayounfar
Production Designer: Farahnaz Naderi
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Festivals & Awards:
São Paulo International Film Festival 2015
We’ve Got Time (2014)
Iranian student, Emad, and a French girl, Caroline, have been living together for a few weeks in a borrowed flat in Besançon, where Caroline has a job taking tourists around the Victor Hugo Museum. Both know that they have no future together since Emad intends to return to Iran. The trouble starts when Caroline tells Emad that she is pregnant and he tries to persuade her to have an abortion. (Read more on IMDB)
Film Bio:
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Writer: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Marielle Chauvet, Ferial Fanian, Ariane Gangi, Armand Gangi, Adrien Maleki
Editor: Shima Monfared
Cinematographer: Moein Reza Motallebi
Music: Grégoire Hetzel
Sound Editor: Frédéric Attal
sound recordist: Maziar Razaghi
Running time: 80 minutes
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran & France
Language: French
Festivals & Awards:
Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Nominated, Independent Camera 2014
By No Reason (2012)
A couple is moving into a house with a lot of boxes to start their married life, but the former residents are still there with their wrapped up furniture and boxes too! They also have a small wedding ceremony to host that very night. (Read more on IMDb)
The screening of the film started on 29 December 2012 around the country, but the screen has been stopped in Qom city, a religious city in Iran, by the local authorities. Moreover, the national TV and radio organization banned the broadcasting of the trailer of the film in public media such as television and radio.
Producer and Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Writer: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Reza Attaran, Pantea Bahram, Negar Javaherian, Ahmad Menranfar, Alireza Ostadi, Mohamad Kart, Kamran Mohamadi
Cinematographer: Ali Loghmani
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Karen Homayounfar
Production Designer: Farahnaz Naderi
sound recordist: Naser Entezari
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Festivals & Awards:
Chosen from critics and writers of Film’s magazine. 2011
Nothing (2010)
A man, who has some kind of disease and eats a lot, enters a large, poor family to marry their mother. (Read more on IMDb)
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Abdolreza Kahani
Writers: Abdolreza Kahani – Hossein Mahkam
Cast: Mehdi Hashemi, Negar Javaherian, Baran Kosari, Pantea Bahram, Nayereh Farahani, Marziyeh Boroumand, Saber Abar, Ahmad Mehranfar, Mehran Ahmadi
Cinematography: Masoud Salami
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Karen Homayounfar
sound recordist: Jahangir Mir Shekari
Makeup designer: Navid Farah Marzi
Production & costume designer: Abdolreza Kahani
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Festivals & Awards:
Nominated for 6 awards from Iranian cinematic critics and writers’ ceremony – 2010
Nominated for 2 awards from cinema’s house ceremony – 2010
Absolutely Tame Is a Horse (2011)
A corrupted police officer insists on a bribe from a broke man, so he has to do anything and everything in order to pay him that very night.(Read more on IMDb)
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Soleiman Ali Mohammad
Writer: Abdolreza Kahani
Cast: Reza Attaran, Habib Rezaei, Mahtab Keramati, Baran Kosari, Karen Homayounfar, Parsa Pirouzfar, Pantea Bahram, Babak Hamidian, Mahaya Petrosian, Ashkan Khatibi, Ahmad Mehranfar, Mehran Ahmadi
Cinematographer: Mohammad Reza Sokout
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Karen Homayounfar
Sound Recordist: Jahangir Mir Shekari
Makeup designer : Navid Farah Marzi
Costume Designer: Farahnaz Naderi
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Festivals & Awards:
Nominated for 3 awards in Iranian cinematic critics and writers’ ceremony – 2011
Nominated for 2 awards in cinema’s house ceremony – 2011
Special jury panel’s award from the associate of Iranian cinematic critics and writers – 2011
ACTORS AND THE PRICES :
The best lead actor award for Reza Ataran from cinema’s house ceremony- 2011
The best actor diploma for Reza Ataran from critic’s ceremony- 2011
Twenty (2009)
A once thriving reception hall has been reduced to catering to funeral businesses and the somber rituals of death. The owner, Soleimani, is a sour, lonely, and unloved old man who treats … (Read more on IMDb)
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Pouran Derakhshandeh
Writers : Abdolreza Kahani – Hossein Mahkam
Cast: Parviz Parastui, Mahtab Keramati, Alireza Khamseh, Habib Rezaei, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei, Mehran Ahmadi, Alireza Hosseini
Cinematographer: Masoud Salami
Editor: Shima Monfared
Music: Amir Vajed Samiei
sound recordist: Abbas Rastegar Pour
Make up designer: Navid Farah Marzi
Photographer: Javad Jalali
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Festivals & Awards:
Crystal Globe (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009)
World Church (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 2009)
Silver Trophy (Damas International Film 2009)
Best Film (Urban Film Festival, Iran 2008)
Best Film-Maker (Fajr International Film Festival 2008)
Candidacy:
6th for the prize of Fajr Festival, Iran 2009
6th for screenwriters and critics, Iran 2010
2th for a prize of «House of Cinema » Iran
Actors and the awards:
Mahtab Keramati: phoenix of crystal, the best actress of a second role, Fajr international film 2009
Alireza Khamseh: phoenix of crystal, the best actor of the second role, Fajr international film 2009
Parviz Parastoui: trophy of the best actor, Batumi festival in Georgia2009
Mehran Ahmadi: prize of screenwriters and critics for the best actor of the second role Iran 2009
Over there (2008)
A young married couple’s disagreement over money delays the husband from traveling from Iran to the U.S. where he need to renew his green card. (Read more on IMDb)
“Over There” is directed by Abdolreza Kahani in 2008 but it was not allowed to be shown in Iran.
Directed: Abdolreza Kahani
Writer: Abdolreza Kahani – Mazdak Mir Abedini
producer: Mazdak Mir Abedini
Cast: Mehran Ahmadi, Fereshteh Eshraghi, Mazdak Mirabedini, Mana Rabiei, Shahrzad Sokhan Sanj, Danesh Eghbashavi, Jafar Tavakoli, Solmaz Sedigh Afshar, Yalda Eshraghi, Masoud Matloubi
Cinematographer: Masoud Salami
Editor: Abdolreza Kahani – Shima Monfared
Music: Mazdak Mir Abedini
Sound engineer : Maziar Razaghi
Photographer: Javad Jalali and Hesam Kholousi
procurement manager: Hamid Sheikh Mohamadi
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Awards:
Thessaloniki Film Festival (2008)
Won, Golden Alexander
Adam (2007)
In Aysh-abad village, it has been 20 years since anyone has died. Because water is scarce, all the people in the village are street musicians. (Read more on IMDb)
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Ali Vajed Samiei
Writers: Abdolreza Kahani – Hossein Mahkam
Cast: Hamed Behdad, Mahtab Keramati, Fereshteh Sadre Orafaei, Mehran Ahmadi, Mojtaba Alizadeh, Nemat Baesi
Cinematographer: Masoud Salami
Editor: Abdolreza Kahani – Shima Monfared
Music: Amir Vjed Samiei
Genre: Drame
Country: Iran
Language: Persian
Empty Hands (2004)
The film tells a real story, interpreted by its real protagonists. The central character is a polygamous man who has five wives and 50 children, forming a village in the south of Iran. (Read more on IMDb)
Director: Abdolreza Kahani
Producer: Mohamadreza Sharafedin
Writers: Abdolreza Kahani
Cinematographer: Turaj Aslani
Editor: Abdolreza Kahani – Shima Monfared
Genre: Fiction documentary
Country: Iran
Language: Persian