Biography
Ali Mosaffa (b. 1966, Tehran) started out at the beginning of the 1990s as an actor: he earned strong reviews for his work in a loose adaptation of JD Salinger´s Franny and Zooey entitled Pari (1994 – awarded Best Supporting Actor at the Fajr IFF). In another picture, Leila, a marriage story directed by Dariush Mehrjui, he acted alongside his future wife Leila Hatami. In 1991 he began shooting short films. Filmography: the short video films Incubus (1991), Rush (1993), The Deceit of Poesy (1996), and The Neighbor (1999 – Best Experimental Film at the Iranian short film fest). In 2005 he debuted in features with the intimate psychological drama Portrait of a Lady Faraway (Sima-ye zani dar doordast), screened in the main competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 2005.
47. MFF Karlovy Vary
Actor
| Movies | |
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| 2023 |
Gazelle |
| 2022 |
May You Cry |
The Locust |
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| 2021 |
Absence |
Playing with Stars |
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| 2019 |
A Man Without a Shadow |
Dance with Me |
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Gesture |
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My Second Year In College |
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| 2018 |
Dressage |
Orange Days |
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Pig |
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Tale of the Sea |
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| 2017 |
Searing Summer |
| 2016 |
Duet |
Inversion |
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| 2015 |
Death of the Fish |
| 2014 |
A Time for Love |
| 2013 |
The Past |
| 2012 |
The Last Step |
| 2011 |
Beloved Sky |
| 2006 |
Who Killed Amir? |
| 2000 |
Tales of an Island |
| 1997 |
Leila |
| 1996 |
Borj-E Minoo |
| 1991 |
Omid |
| Series | |
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| 2023 |
Seven |
You Only Go Around Once |
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| 2021 |
Red Square |
The Professional |
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| Documentaries | |
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| 2010 |
Our Persian Rug |
Director
| Movies | |
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| 2021 |
Absence |
| 2012 |
The Last Step |
| 2005 |
Portrait of a Lady Faraway |
Screenwriter
| Movies | |
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| 2021 |
Absence |
| 2012 |
The Last Step |
Producer
| Movies | |
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| 2021 |
Absence |
| 2020 |
180° Rule |
| 2019 |
A Hairy Tale |
Yalda, a Night for Forgiveness |
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