Mostafa Keshvari

Mostafa Keshvari (Persian: مصطفی کشوری) is an Iranian-born Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter.[1][2] [3]

Career

Keshvari started his film directing career in 2015. His first featured film Unmasked won numerous awards at international film festivals. The film is about a young Muslim immigrant woman secretly joins an acting class.[4][5][6]His debut short film I Ran was selected in 2015 Cannes Short Film Corner.[7]Keshvari′s film, Child Bride was premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. [8][9] Keshvari directed the film Corona during the COVID-19 pandemic. The film received international attention for reportedly being the first feature film about the COVID-19 pandemic.[10][11][12][13] Keshvari directed Eternal Igloo, an animated short film, released in 2021. The film won Golden Sheaf Award for Best Multicultural Film at the Yorkton Film Festival in 2021.[14][15] [16] The film received Best Sound Award, Best Musical Score Award and was nominated for Best Art Direction award at the 2021 Leo Awards.[17][18] It also won the Best International Short Film Awards at Oakville Festivals of Film and Art.[19]

Selected filmography

Director, writer and producer
  • Eternal Igloo (2021)
  • Corona (2020)
  • The Will and the Wall (Short) (2020)
  • Color-blind (2020)
  • Child Bride (Short) (2020)
  • One Journey (Short) (2018)
  • Unmasked (2018)
  • Music Box (2018)
  • Dream of a Paper plane (Short), (2016)
  • Modern Monk (Documentary) (2017)
  • I Ran (Short) (2015)

References
  1. "کارگردان جوان ایرانی فیلمی درباره کرونا ساخت". media.hamyaari.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  2. "گفت‌وگو با مصطفی کشوری کارگردان ساکن ونکوور". media.hamyaari.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  3. "Meet the Vancouver filmmaker behind the world's first COVID-19 feature film". CBC.ca. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. "گفت‌وگو با مصطفی کشوریTo screen at the Cannes Film Festival, Mostafa Keshvari's short film, I Ran, has Langley as an Iranian village and stars sister Ghazaleh Keshvari". Vancouver Sun. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  5. "About Unmasked". soundviewmediapartners.com. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  6. "Vancouver Filmmaker talks about his new feature film 'Unmasked'". Global News. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  7. "اولین فیلم داستانی با موضوع کرونا توسط کارگردان ایرانی-کانادایی". hafteh.ca. 4 April 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  8. "Local Vancouver Filmmaker raises awareness about child brides in new film". Global News. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  9. "Tsawwassen teen walks red carpet at Cannes Film Festival". Delta Optimist. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  10. "بی‌بی‌سی فارسی. Coronavirus : un thriller sur la pandémie déjà réalisé à Vancouver". Le Point (in French). 2 April 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  11. "Coronavirus: the movie is somehow already here – but are we ready for it?". The Guardian. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  12. "بی‌بی‌سی فارسی. «ورود کرونا به سینما؛ اولین فیلم دربارهٔ کووید ۱۹ به کارگردانی یک ایرانی- کانادایی»". BBC. 4 April 2020. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  13. Kron, Josh (2020-03-31). "A Coronavirus Thriller Was Finished Just Before the Shutdown". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  14. "2021 winners and nominees". Yorkton Film Festival. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  15. "Golden Sheaf Award winners announced for 2021". Yorkton This Week. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  16. "Golden Sheaf Award winners announced for 2021". SaskToday.ca. Retrieved 2021-08-20.
  17. "Nominees and winners by name 2021". Leo Awards. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  18. "2021 Nominees & Winners by Program". Leo Awards. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  19. "Eternal Igloo-OFFA 2021 - Oakville Film Festival". Oakville Festivals of Film and Art. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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