# Mehdi Naderi

Mehdī Nāderī (Persian: مهدی نادری, born 17 April 1973 in Najafabad) is an Iranian film director. He started directing theater in 1988. He has directed documentaries and fiction films. He is also a producer, scriptwriter, advisor and editor.
His debut feature film Farewell Baghdad was Iran's entry to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, but it didn't make the final shortlist.

## Filmography
### As a director and scriptwriter

| Year | Original (Persian) title | English title | Length | Notes |
| 2010 | Bedrūd Bāghdād | Farewell Baghdad | 90' | Fiction |
| 2008 | Royaha-ye faramūsh shode | Forgotten Dreams. Memories of a Polish immigrant | 28' | Documentary |
| 2008 | Ghadam be ghadam | Step by Step. Short portrait of Shirin Ebadi | 6' | Documentary (trailer) |
| 2007 | Next stop | Next stop | 10' | Experimental, unreleased |
| 2005 | - | Image of the Words. Portrait of Kambuzia Partovi | 45' | Documentary |
| 2005 | - | Worshippers of the Darkness | 52' | Documentary, unreleased |
| 2004 | Sūti tāriki | Whistle in the Dark | 13' | Docu-fiction |
| 2003 | Gozāresh zir-e khāk | Buried Treasures. An Underground Report | 40' | Documentary |
| 2002 | Dokhtarān-e Aftāb | The Daughters of Sunshine | 21' | Documentary |
| 2000 | - | Sewed Lips | 12' | Fiction |
| 1998 | Festival | Festival | 20' | Experimental fiction |
| 1996 | Mādar | Mother | 12' | Fiction |
| 1996 | Zang-e panjom | Fifth Ring | 5' | Fiction |
| 1995 | Hedie-ye Bāba | Fathers gift | 18' | Experimental |

### As Writer

| Year | Original title | English title | Director | Length | Notes | |
| 2009 | ABC-Policy | ABC-Policy | Hamid Akbari | 65' | Political comedy | script & advisor |
| 2008 | Qasr Chaplin | Chaplins Palace | Amir Seyedzadeh | 360' | TV-Serial (not screened) comedy drama | script |
| 2008 | Bedune sharh | No comment | Mohsen Amiryosefi | 80' | fiction | script |
| 2007 | Ghalb-e Simorgh | Simorgh's Heart | Wahid Nassirian | 90' | animation | dialogues |

### As Editor

| Year | Original title | English title | Director | Length | Notes |
| 2009 | Shekār | Hunt | Beirūz Ghobādi | 5' | experimental |
| 2009 | To khorshīd man māh | You're the Sun, I'm the Moon | Moharram Zeīnalzādēh | 85' | Fiction |
| 2008 | Khāb-e tārīk | Dark dream | Rezā Sobhāni | 15' | Fiction |
| 2007 | Farāri | Run away | Hamīd Ghawāmi | 50' | Experimental fiction |
| 2007 | Rahman | Rahman: Four Stories | Ālireza Nāderi | 92' | Film theater |
| 2006 | Asb | Horse | Madi Omid | 85' | Fiction |
| 2005 | Gorīz | Escape | Hīwā Zabihi | 20' | Fiction |
| 2001 | Tavāllod-e yek shekārchi | Birth of a Hunter | Hamīd Ghawāmi | 5' | Experimental |

## Awards

Farewell Baghdad
* 2010 Best film - Baghdad Film Festival (Iraq)
* 2010 elected Iran's Official Submission to the 2011 Best Foreign Language Film Oscar of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
Rahman: Four Stories (by Alīrezā Nāderī)
* 2009 Best film-theater editing - FAJR Theater Festival (Iran)
Forgotten Dreams
* 2008 Best cinema student Film award - Haqiqat Film Festival (Iran)
Farāri (by hamid ghavami )
* 2008 Best Experimental Editing - IYCS-Film Festival (Iran)
Dokhterān-e Āftāb
* 2006 - ... - National Women Film Festival (Iran)
* 2003 Paulig Baltic's Prize - Parnu Film Festival (Estonia)
* 2003 Best Documentary - Tampere Film Festival (Finland)
* 2003 Recognition - International FAJR Film Festival (Iran)
Gozāresh zir-e zamīn
* 2004 Best research - Documentary Film Tehran University (Iran)
* 2004 Special Jury Award - International Short Film Festival (Iran)
* 2003 Best Documentary Directing - Khaneh Cinema Board (Iran)
* 2003 Best fiction documentary film - Heritage Film Festival (Iran)
Festival
* 2000 Urkunde - Festival der Nationen. Ebensee (Austria)
Fifth Ring
* 1997 Best National Shortfilm - International Short Film Festival (Iran)