Karim Lakzadeh
Directing
Biography
Karim Lakzadeh studied in a theater school and came to Tehran to start his undergrad studies in Cinema. Karim started his work by making several short films such as The Gambler and participated in some reputed film festivals such as FIFF. His feature film Red Head has competed in the Mannheim-Heidelberg film festival, as well as his last feature film which participated in Fantaspua Festival in 2021. He is an independent filmmaker and he prefers alternative fiction and multi-genre forms of storytelling. A common experimental taste can be seen in his works throughout these years.
Known For
A fantasy, road- movie regarding Man and Maryam that embark on an adventure road trip to find their missing along with three others remnant from the circus group.
The Great Leap
Rama, a zealous sensitive youth of 28, has blinded his girlfriend in a fight with scissors. He is going to be sentenced to lex talionis (blinding of one of his eyes) in the court tomorrow. The night before the hearing, his influential father bails him out for one night by paying a lot of money, so Rama can be with his family the last night. But Rama has other plans. He takes the opportunity and helped by a friend, he goes to the south of Iran as a camera operator with a filming group to exit the country illegally. He makes a mistake and takes money from the bank and the police trace him. Rama pays money to some smugglers and they send him to a deserted island to wait for a launch that will take him abroad. Fate has something different in store for Rama and he falls for a pregnant woman on the island.
Scissor
Farhad's younger brother gets killed right in front of his eyes. Now Farhad along with his brother, the 'dead man', steps to the woods of spirits for revenge. This journey though, is to the past and the future.
The Readhead
A short film from Iranian director Karim Lakzadeh.
Theatrical Kiss
Three miners who survived the collapse of a mine decide to hide their deaths so that their families can claim compensation. Their clandestine life gradually leads to new crises: family tensions, a desire to start anew, and a search for identity that brings them all the way to Teheran. Meanwhile, Iranian authorities await proof of death…
Living Twice, Dying Thrice
An actor and actress are brought together during a casting for a mainstream film. They don’t get the roles, so they decide to make their own film instead. This will be a movie which defies the censorship rules, a film in which anything goes, and its makers won’t be held back by anything or anyone. The pair become a threesome when they get hold of a cameraman and director named Ziya, and the enchanting adventure can now begin. A burglary (the movie has to be financed somehow) marks the start of not only the shoot, but also a joyride, a game and a celebration of friendship and film.
Dark Matter
An elderly man working at a guest house with his friends. His daughter will comes to visit him after about 25 years of living in Germany. The old man and his friends are planning to this meeting...
A Girl in the Room
In a misty village, on the top of a mountain, two gamblers take an old man to his cottage in the middle of the jungle to get their money back. They bury him alive in his own garden, find the money in his house, and split it between themselves.
Gambler
Zhila takes Zeinab and Zahra to a wise woman because of their congenital disorder.