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Ramin Mohseni

Ramin Mohseni

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Biography

Ramin Mohseni is an international award-winning film director, writer and producer with more than 25 years experience in film and television industry, in Iran and Canada. He is a Director Member at the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), Directors Guild of Iranian Cinema, and Association of Iranian Documentary Producers. He is known for his critically acclaimed feature film From Afar [Az Dourdast] (2006), winner of Warrior Jaguar for Best Film in Acapulco International Film Festival in Mexico (FICA 2007); his seven-episodes researched documentary series Azerbaijan (2009-2014), award-nominated fourteen-episodes documentary series A Season For Cinema (1998) and the feature documentary Khialisazi (1997) also his prime-time, nationally broadcast popular TV magazine show Iranian Cinema (2002-2006). Ramin Mohseni is founder of ARIA TV Canada (2014-2019) and executive producer at BC production company Azersam Film & Media Inc. He is developing his new feature film An Eternal Traveller which will be shot in Vancouver, Canada.

Known For

From Afar
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"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

From Afar

2006
A Season for Cinema: Possibilities of literary adaptation in cinema
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Part 2 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Possibilities of literary adaptation in cinema

1998
Imaginary Painting
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A documentary about the life and works of the maestros of Imaginary Painting School who made Iranian popular old style Khialisazi or Coffee-House Painting.

Imaginary Painting

1997
A Season for Cinema: Visual aesthetics in Iranian films
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Part 1 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Visual aesthetics in Iranian films

1998
Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks
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History of Iranian Azerbaijan from Oghuz Turks to the Qara Qoyunlu rulers who built the Blue Mosque (Pers. Masjed-e kabud); and to Hasan Padeshah Aq Qoyunlu who chose Tabriz as their capital.

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks

2014
A Season for Cinema: The documentary vision
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The final part of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The documentary vision

1998
Azerbaijan: Sheikh Safi and King Ismail
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Story of Azerbaijan, from Sheikh Safi-al-din Ardabili to establishment of Safavid dynasty by King (Shah) Ismail in Iran, and Sheikh Safi-al-din Khanegah and Shrine Ensemble in Ardabil.

Azerbaijan: Sheikh Safi and King Ismail

2014
Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes
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The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes

2014
Azerbaijan: Urartu and Manna
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An exploration on ancient sites of iron age Kingdom of Urartu in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Medes and the Manna civilization near Lake Urmia.

Azerbaijan: Urartu and Manna

2014
Azerbaijan: The Petroglyphs of Arasbaran
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A research on prehistoric Petroglyphs of Arasbaran area in Azerbaijan province of Iran, and the megaliths of Pirazmian area as signs of a lost civilization.

Azerbaijan: The Petroglyphs of Arasbaran

2014
Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan
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A discovery journey to the ancient sites and forts of Iranian Azerbaijan, Zahhak castle near Mianeh and the Babak Khorramdin stronghold in Kalaybar, who fought the Abbasid Caliphate in early centuries of Islam in Iran.

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan

2014
Azerbaijan: From Aras to Tehran
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Azerbaijan in the era of the Qajar dynasty and Russo-Iranian wars at the sides of Aras river, also The Persian Constitutional Revolution in Tabrizi until death of Sattar-Khan (National Commander) in Tehran.

Azerbaijan: From Aras to Tehran

2014
A Season for Cinema: The virtue of voice and speech, the power of the word
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Part 8 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The virtue of voice and speech, the power of the word

1998
A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema
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Part 13 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema

1998
Iranian Lottery
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People of a small town in northern Iran participate in a Great Lottery buying 800,000 tickets, while they are challenging some paradoxical problems such as charitable purposes, technocracy, gambling, religious limitations, economic difficulties and "high hopes".

Iranian Lottery

2001
A Season for Cinema: Iranian Epic Literature, the adaptation of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' for screenplay
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Part 9 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Iranian Epic Literature, the adaptation of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' for screenplay

1998
A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction
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Part 5 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction

1998
A Season for Cinema: Narrative structures and film editing in Iranian Cinema
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Part 7 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Narrative structures and film editing in Iranian Cinema

1998
A Season for Cinema: Spiritual tale, spiritual cinema
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Part 4 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Spiritual tale, spiritual cinema

1998
A Season for Cinema: The role of the actor and acting capabilities in Iranian Cinema
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Part 6 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The role of the actor and acting capabilities in Iranian Cinema

1998