Mehdi Imani Shahmiri (Persian: مهدی ایمانی شهمیری, born 3 April 1988) is an Iranian documentary filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter. He is known for directing Parizad and Born in Captivity.
In 2021, Shahmiri made the short documentary Parizad, which was nominated for the Dragon statue of the 62th Kraków Film Festival and received the Don Quixote Award of the International Federation of Film Societies (FICC).
In 2024 he directed Born in Captivity a documentary about the endangered Asiatic cheetah that followed the caesarean section and the birth of Pirouz, the famous cheetah cub among Iranians, for the first time.
Born in Captivity received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the Fajr International Film Festival and received the grand prize of the 17th Iran Documentary Film Festival - Cinema Verite. This film had the record number of nominations in the 17th edition of this festival.
Filmography
Documentary YearTitleDirectorWriterProducer2021Parizad2024Born in Captivity
Awards and nominations YearAwardCategoryNominated workResult202117th Kazan International Festival of Muslim CinemaBest short documentaryParizad202148th Festival of NationsBest documentaryParizad202139th Asolo Art Film FestivalBest short film on artParizad20218th Festival del cinema poveroBest documentaryParizad202114th Cinéma VéritéBest director and editorParizad202137th Tehran International Short Film FestivalBest directorParizad2021Prague Independent Film FestivalBest directorParizad202125th Flickers' Rhode Island International Film FestivalScreenParizadOfficial selection202262nd Kraków Film FestivalDon Quixote AwardParizad202236th Fribourg International Film FestivalSpecial mention Parizad202262nd Kraków Film FestivalDragon of dragonsParizad202219th Big Sky Documentary Film FestivalScreenParizadOfficial selection202236th Fribourg International Film FestivalBest directorParizad202417th Cinéma VéritéBest filmBorn in Captivity202417th Cinéma VéritéBest directorBorn in Captivity202442nd Fajr International Film FestivalBest documentary filmBorn in Captivity
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