Kiarash Anvari (1977, Iran) began his filmmaking career in Iran, completing his first short in 2001. The film went to be shown at the 48th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival in Germany and received praise and attention and was nominated for the best international short film award. In 2003, Anvari relocated to France, where he got his master’s degree in film studies from the University of Provence Aix-Marseille I. He was selected to participate the Berlinale Talent Campus in 2004, where he gained precious knowledge from some well-known names in the industry. He was also recommended by acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami to attend the Berlin Academy of Arts (Akademie der Künste) Young Artist Residency Program in the same year. In 2004 he participated in the Berlinale Talent Campus in Berlin and the Young Artist in Residency Programme of the Akademie der Künste. His films…
