Mohsen Eslamzadeh the Iranian documentarist was born in
1980. He has had a lot of activities around art issues since 2003. Eslamzadeh
started documentary filmmaking in Sistan and Baluchistan of Iran and has made
documentaries in Iran, Russia, Turkey, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya,
Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Venezuela.
His distinguished documentaries are "The Sunnies of
Iran", "Mothers of the Revolution", "Mysteries of Abu-Salim
Prison", "In the name of Liberty" and "Looking for
Peace". He participated in a few film festivals such as: "Fajr",
"Cinema Verity" and "Rooyesh" in Iran,
"Aljazeera" in Qatar and "Human Rights" in Spain and he
awarded in some of them.
In 2015 Eslamzadeh got injured during documenting a film
about Takrit in Iraq, but he came back to direct after a while.
"Alone Among the Taliban" is his latest film,
which was a unique experience as he could attend among the Taliban in
Afghanistan.
Experiences and Rewards:
With the documentary of “Alone among the Taliban”:
Being in competition of the international festival of documentary films "Meetings in Siberia" | Russia, 2018
Being in competition of the "Tiburon International Film Festival" | USA, 2017
http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/films.php?page=1¶m2=¶m1=2017
The best documentary of “Athen international film + video
festival” | USA, 2017
http://athensfilmfest.org/2017-winners/
The best documentary of “Marbella international film
festival” | Spain, 2017
http://www.marbellafilmfestival.com/awards-2017/
Honored of the “Moscow
detective film festival” | Russia, 2017
Being in competition
of the “Thin line film festival” | USA, 2017
https://www.discoverdenton.com/event/thin-line-x-alone-among-taliban/
Being in competition of
the “Asia-Pacific Film Festival” |
2016
Being in competition
of the “Human rights film festival” | Italy, 2017
http://mediterranews.org/2017/05/mercoledi-3-maggio-giornata-mondiale-della-liberta-della-stampa/
Being in competition
of the “Ismailia international film festival” | Egypt, 2017
http://ismailiafilmfest.com/ismailia2017/Films-Documentaries_En.aspx
Winner of the “Shahid
Avini” international section of the “Cinema Verite” | Iran, 2015
Winner of the “Ammar
popular film festival” | Iran, 2015
Honored of the 8th
“Ammar film festival” for The Documentary of “Qasr-e-Qand” | Iran, 2018
Honored of the 7th
“Ammar film festival” for The TV show of “Vatandar” | Iran, 2017
Being invited to the “Nahj
film festival” for The documentary of “Me and the commander” | Iraq, 2016
Being invited to the “Aljazeera
film festival” for the film “Mystries of Abusalim Prison” | Qatar, 2013
Being invited to the “Resistance international film festival” for the
film of “Al-Sheikh Sabah” | Iran, 2015
Winner of the 5th Ammar
festival for the film "Sunnis in Iran"
Winner of the international section of the forth Ammar
festival for the film "Journey to the Land of Pashtuns"
Winner of the special section of “Ruyesh” (growth) festival
for the film “Mother of the Revolution”
Winner of the international section of the third Ammar
festival for the film “ the Thought of Being”
The honored young documentary director from Mashhad in 2010
chosen by Mashhad’s Islamic Revolution Cultural Centre.
Honored in the “Awakening Sequence” for the film “the Lover”
Honored in the first Ammar film Festival for the film “the
Street of Martyrdom”
The courses of transfer of expertise:
Being in the jury members of the first “ Chehelcheragh”
festival, 2016
Holding an introductory course about the documentation, in
the Ziyarat cultural center in Mashhad, 2013
Holding a course named "the documentary from the idea
to the project" in the Birjand cultural center, 2015
Holding a course named "the story and the novel in the
documentary" in Al-Ghadir Iraqi channel, 2015.
Films:
- Directing and production of a documentary film named “Mr. prosecutor”,
About Shahid Lajavardi’s life | 2017
- Directing and production of a documentary film named “Qasr-e-Qand”,
About the greatest anti-terrorism operation in the east of Iran | 2017
- Research, directing and photography of a documentary named “Alone
among the Taliban” | 2014-16
- Directing and production of a TV program named “Vatandar” |
2016-17
- Directing and production of a documentary series named “The
stories of our city”, 10 episodes about the holy city of Mashhad | 2015
- Directing and production of a documentary film named "Al-Sheik
Sabah", and a documentary film named "A day of me and the
commander", about the Sunnis clans against Daash | 2015 Iraq.
- Directing and production of a documentary film named "Looking
forward the peace", about the Syrian crisis | 2014 Syria-Lebanon | http://www.irna.ir/en/News/81781587
- Directing and filming a documentary movie named "The
defenders of Amirli", about the resistance of the people of Amirli against
Daash | 014 Iraq.
- Filming a documentary movie named "Kawthar", about
a famous program presenter in the Arabic channels | 2013 Syria-Lebanon.
- Directing and filming a documentary movie named "Sunnis
in Iran" | 2013, the most viewed movie in PressTV's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6MGqWkpMk
- A documentary film named “Journey to the Land of Pashtuns”
portraying the political history of Afghanistan from the point of view of the
biggest clan in this country.
- Director of photography for the film “In the Name of
Freedom” (with the subject of Bolivian revolution and the presidential election
in Venezuela), fall 2012)
- Directing and filming of an 8-episode documentary series
named “The Uprising of Sahara”
- Directing and filming of the documentary movie named “Mother
of the Revolution”
- Directing and filming of the documentary movie named
“Mystries of Abusalim Prison”
- Directing and filming of the documentary movie named “One on
One with the Hero”
- Directing and filming of the documentary program named “the
Lover”, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi about the diplomats in terrorist
attacks in Mazar Sharif | 2011, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program
(Revayate fat-h)
- Directing and filming of a 3-episode documentary movie named
“Friends of the Morning(2)” about the Afghani Martyrs of the Holy Defense, a
shared work with Mohsen Mousavi | 2011, ordered by Misagh Cultural Centre.
- Directing and filming of a 4-episode documentary movie named
“Friends of the Morning (1)” about the Pakistani martyrs of the Holy Defense, a
shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by Misagh Cultural
Centre.
- Directing and filming of a documentary series named
“Mourning in Pakistan”, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered
by Misagh Cultural Centre.
- Directing and filming of a documentary movie in Pakistan
named “the Zephyr of Life” ”a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010
- Directing, filming and editing of a documentary program
named “NourAli” in Sistan Baluchistan, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi |
2010, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program (Revayate fat-h)
- Directing, filming and editing of a documentary named “Poet
of the country” about the Ashayers in Baluchistan, Ashayer a shared work with
Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program,
(Revayate fat-h)
- Directing, filming and editing of a documentary program
named “the Silent Epics” about the victory of Baluch tribes in fight against
British Army in 1916, a shared work with
Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by Ouj
Cultural-Media Institution
- Directing, filming and editing of a documentary program
named “Mehrab” about the life of a martyr, “Ali Asghar Hoseini Mehrab” |
2008-9, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program (Revayate fat-h)
- Directing, filming, and editing of an 8-episode Documentary
program named “Margraves” | 2007-9 about investigating the security condition
of Sistan Baluchistan and the emergence of Rigi’s group in this region, a
shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi, produced by Misagh Cultural Center, documentary
team in channel 1.
- Editing and directing of a documentary movie named “A
Re-try” about the lives of war-injured people, ordered by the TV’s Documentary
Center | 2007
- Editing and directing of a documentary program named “the
Camp of Faith” company , produced by channel 3 | 2006
- Editing of a program named “the Nuclear Victims” about a
Japanese group visiting Kurdistan,
ordered by the TV’s Documentary Center | 2006
- Editing and directing of a documentary program named
“Guardian of the East” about drug trafficking (narcotics) | 2004
- Editing and designing a video clip named “Which Tribe Are
You Coming From” about Palestine.
