2011-04-30

Esmael Barari

Esmael Barari

اسماعیل براری
Esmael Barari
Born 26 October 1965
Bandar Anzali, Iran(age 45)
Nationality Iran
Occupation Film director, Producer
Years active since 1988

Esmael Barari (Persian: اسماعیل براری ); born in 1965 in the Caspian Sea port of Bandar Anzali is an Iranian filmmaker, film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer. He is director of [1] and a member of and a member of international jury of -2007 [2].

Film career

Esmael Barari graduated in filmmaking from . In 1988, his short film, REACTION, won top prize at the first National Students Film Festival of Tehran and the silver plaque at the 1989 . His other short films are NADER'S GIFT (1989) and LONELINESS AND THE CLOD (1990) which was presented in FIPA Cannes-91 and received The Golden Butterfly for the Best Film at 5th . Up to now he has made more than twenty feature, documentary and short films & TV series.

Cinematic Style

Barari is part of a generation of filmmakers in the , a Persian cinema movement that started in the 1980s and includes pioneering directors such as Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Amir Naderi, Abolfazl Jalili, Jafar Panahi, Bahman Ghobadi, Rakhshan Bani-E'temad and Majid Majidi. The filmmakers share many common techniques including the use of poetic dialogue and allegorical storytelling dealing with political and philosophical issues with documentary style narrative films. Barari's works are influenced by documentary filmmaker Morteza Avini and narrative film director Abbas Kiarostami, Who has a reputation for using child protagonists, for documentary style narrative films, for stories that take place in rural villages, and for conversations that unfold inside cars, using stationary mounted cameras. He is also known for his use of contemporary Iranian poetry in the dialogue, titles, and themes of his films. "Barari is the unvarnished offspring of Kiarostami and Hitchcock!"

Filmography

Festivals and Awards

1988

- 1st National Students Film Festival, Tehran; won the top prize

- Fajr Film Festival, Tehran

1989

1991

- Fajr Film Festival, Tehran

1992

- , Isfahan

- Fajr Film Festival, Tehran

1996

- Fajr Film Festival

2000

- Fajr Film Festival

2004

- 7th Brooklyn Int'l Film Festival, USA-New York

- 12th Raindance Film Festival, UK

- 6th Panorama, Greece-Thessaloniki

- 49th Valladolid Int'l Film Festival, Spain; Winner of Audience Award Best Film

- 7th Rehoboth Beach Independent film Festival, USA-Delaware

2005

- Indianapolis International Film Festival, USA

2006

- Int'l Fest. of Muslim Cinema"Golden Minbar", Russia-Kazan

2007

- 9th Mumbai International Film Festival ,India

- Roosta Film Festival, Tehran; Won the Golden Plaque for the best film

- , Hamedan; Mentioned for religious content

- 25th International environmental film festival, Paris

References

  1. Barari, Esmael. "Mostra Valencia 2007, JURADO SECCIÓN OFICIAL". http://www.mostravalencia.org/20071.html.
  2. "2005 INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL". http://indyfilmfest.org/2005competition.html.
  3. "World Iranian Film Center". 2005 Indianapolis International Film Festival lineup. http://www.wifc.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=92:barari-is-the-unvarnished-offspring-of-kiarostami-and-hitchcock&catid=34:demo-category.
  4. "49th Valladolid International Film Festival". http://www.seminci.es/momento.php?id=45.
  5. "25th International environmental film festival". http://www.iledefrance.fr/uploads/tx_base/programme_festival_2007_1_.pdf.

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