Reza Parsa
Directing
Biography
Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22 he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the legendary National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, Never (Gränsen), in the history of the school. To date Reza Parsa has won more than 30 national and international awards, including the Ingmar Bergman Award, the Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and prizes in Cannes Film Festival, Brasília, Seattle, Chicago and San Sebastian. Before the Storm, Parsa's first feature film, is a suspense thriller which has achieved great critical success and has been sold to 35 countries worldwide, incl. USA. Reza Parsa and his screenwriter Johan Bergman Lindfors, both based in Sweden, are now preparing Parsa’s next feature film.
Known For
Leo, a guy in the seventh grade gets harassed by a two years older boy in school and seeks revenge. At the same time, Ali, the father of a girl in Leo's class (who Leo has a crush on) is contacted by a opposition group from his home country that wants Ali to assassinate an important man for them. Otherwise, they'll kill the family that Ali left when moving to Sweden.
Before the Storm
At the beginning of the 2000s, Hagamannen of Umeå was one of the country's most feared serial rapist. For a period of eight years, he raped eight women resulting in one of the largest criminal investigations in Swedish history.
Fallet - Hagamanen
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Grænsen
A suicide-bomber leaves a message in videotape for his daughter minutes before the attack.