rouhollah hejazi
rouhollah hejazi
Biography
Director & Writer & Producer
Rouhollah Hajazi was born in 1979 in Abadan. He holds a Master’s degree in cinema directing and works as a cinema instructor. In 1995, he started his filmmaking journey with a 100-second film. Since then, he has made around twenty short films, six feature-length cinema films, and approximately twenty video films.
His feature-length cinema films include:
1. “Among the Clouds” (Dar miyane Abraha) (2007)
2. “The Private life of Mr. & Mrs.M” (Zendegi Khosusi Agha va Khanom Mim) (2011)
3. “The Wedlock ” (Zendegi Moshtarak Aghaye Mahoudi va Banu) (2012)
4. “Death of the Fish” (Marg-e Mahi) (2014)
5. “The Dark Room” (Otagh-e Tarik) (2017)
6. “Bright House “ (2021)
7. “Lily’s Turn” (nobate leily) Web Series (2021)
He has been nominated for more than 150 awards and has won over 80 national and international awards. Some of the festivals he has been selected for include Rotterdam (Netherlands), Palm Springs (USA), Vancouver (Canada), Montreal (Canada), Cairo (Egypt), Pusan (South Korea), Alba (Italy), Titanic (Hungary), Yowza L.A. (USA), Hanoi (Vietnam), Kerala (India), Belgrade (Serbia), and more.
Awards
– Best First Film(new voice,new vision)nomination at the Palm Springs Festival 2008 for “Among the Clouds” (Darmiyan Abraha)
– Best Film nomination at the Montreal Festival 2013 for “The Wedlock .” (Zendegi Moshtarak Aghaye Mahoudi va Banu)
– Honorary Diploma for Best Film Screenplay at the 26th Fajr International Film Festival for “Moon Faced ” (Mah-e Jabin)
– Crystal Simorgh for Best First Film at the 26th Fajr International Film Festival for “Among the Clouds” (Darmiyan Abraha)
– Honorary Diploma for Best Directing at the Listapad Film Festival in Belarus 2006 for “Moon Faced ” (Mah-e Jabin)
– Award for Best Directing at the Iranian Film Festival in Canada 2013 for “The Private Life of Mr. & Mrs. M” (Zendegi Khosusi Agha va Khanom Mim)
– Honorary Diploma for Best Film at the Netpac Australia 2014 for “The Wedlock .” (Zendegi Moshtarak Aghaye Mahoudi va Banu)
– Award for Best Directing at the Arbil Film Festival in Iraq 2014 for “The Wedlock .” (Zendegi Moshtarak Aghaye Mahoudi va Banu)
– Best Film Award at the 5th Hanoi Film Festival 2018 for “The Dark Room” (Otagh-e Tarik)
– Best Film Award at the Kerala Film Festival in India 2018 for “The Dark Room” (Otagh-e Tarik)
– Honorary Diploma for Best Screenplay at the Barcelona Film Festival 2019 for “The Dark Room” (Otagh-e Tarik)
rouhollah hejazi's Movies
Series
rouhollah hejazi's Series
Lily's turn
Through a mysterious book, Lily discovers that she and her family have lived in many times and places, and now it is Lily’s turn to decipher the book and find a valuable painting of her ancestors to make a choice that gives meaning to all these lives.