# Mehdi Fard Ghaderi

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi (Persian: مهدی فرد قادری; born 1986) is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer He is known for his films Immortality (2016), Weightlessness (2019) and The Annoyed (2023).
His first feature, Immortality (2016), which was created in a single 145-minute shot, has been presented at more than Twenty Festivals around the world including the Rome Film Fest, Munich Film Festival, Transilvania Film Festival. This film received several international awards. His second feature Weightlessness (2019) was created based on long shots and shown in Fifteen International Film Festival. His next feature, The Annoyed (2023), premiered at the 25th Shanghai International Film Festival. The Annoyed was screen in Twenty-five International Film Festivals, Including; St. Louis Film Festival and kerala Film Festival

## Career
### Feature Films

Immortality (2016), his first feature film, was created in a single shot in 145 minutes on a train. This film was nominated for best film at the Rome Film Festival, Munich Film Festival and Transilvania International Film Festival. It was shown at twenty international festivals. Immortality won several international prizes, including Best Film at the 16th Ischia Film Festival.
Weightlessness (2019) was his second feature film, also using long shots. This film was shown in fifteen international film festival and it has won awards in Europe and North America.
The Annoyed (2023) was his third feature film. The world premiere of this film was in main competition 25th Shanghai film festival 2023.
Mehdi Fard Ghaderi was producer of the film The Son in 2021. This film won prizes at the Moscow Film Festival, and was shown at the Rotterdam Film Festival and Valladolid Film Festival.

### Short Films

In 2007 he started his career in cinema. For ten years he directed and wrote eight experimental and fiction short films, which include:
Alternation (One Shot, 11min, 2007) The Life Of Khorshid (18 min, 2009) Gramophone (18 min, 2010) Reversing Circles (One Shot, 21min, 2011) Mirror Narration of Simple Stories (27min, 2013) The Story Of A Rainy Night (One Shot, 24min, 2015) Autumn Leaves (15min, 2017) Sinful Pleasures (15min, 2019)

## Other roles

Mehdi Fard Ghaderi has been a jury member at several international film festivals in the United States, Italy, Czech Republic, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Iran.

## Filmography
### Feature films

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 2016 | Immortality | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2019 | Weightlessness | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2021 | The Son | No | No | Yes |
| 2023 | The Annoyed | Yes | Yes | Yes |

### Short films

| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer |
| 2007 | Alternation | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2009 | The Life of Khorshid | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | Gramophone | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2011 | Reversing circles | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2013 | Mirror Narration of Simple Stories | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 2015 | The Story of a Rainy Night | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2017 | Autumn leaves | Yes | Yes | No |
| 2019 | Sinful Pleasures | Yes | Yes | No |

## Jury

| Position | Festival | Country | Year |
| Chairman of the Jury | Eurasia International Festival | Russia | 2022 |
| Jury member | Utah Art International Film Festival | United States | 2024 |
| Jury member | Ischia International Film Festival | Italy | 2018 |
| Jury member | Brno Sixteen International Film Festival | Czech Republic | 2016 |
| Jury member | VGIK Student International Film Festival | Russia | 2024 |
| Jury member | Bausa International Film Festival | Kazakhstan | 2022 |
| Jury member | Bogura International Film Festival | Bangladesh | 2021 |
| Jury member | Toji Somon International Film Festival | Tajikistan | 2023 |

## Books

| Title | Type | Genre | Year | Language |
| Man Whom No Woman Loved | Novel | Crime-Romance | 2021 | Persian |

## Awards and nominations (Feature Movies)

| Year | Festival | Country | Category | Nominated Work | Result |
| 2016 | Rome Film Festival | Italy | BNL People's Choice Award | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Munich Film Festival | Germany | Best Film | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Transilvania International Film Festival | Romania | Best Film | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2016 | Hanoi International Film Festival | Vietnam | Best Director | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival | Indonesia | World Cinema | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | One Take Film Festival | Croatia | Best One Single-Shot | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Ischia International Film Festival | Italy | Best Film | Immortality | Won |
| 2017 | Love International Film Festival | USA | Best Director | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Love International Film Festival | USA | Best Film | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Lucania Film Festival | Italy | Best Film | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Festival | USA | Best International Drama | Immortality | Won |
| 2017 | Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival | USA | Best Film | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2017 | Sofia Menar Film Festival | Bulgaria | Main competition | Immortality | Nominated |
| 2020 | Insolito International Film Festival | Peru | Best Film | Weightlessness | Won |
| 2020 | Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival | USA | Best Film | Weightlessness | Won |
| 2020 | North Carolina Film Awards | USA | Directors Award | Weightlessness | Won |
| 2020 | Athens Marathon International Film Festival | Greece | Honorable Mention | Weightlessness | Won |
| 2020 | Ischia Film Festival | Italy | Best Film | Weightlessness | Nominated |
| 2020 | Salento International Film Festival | Italy | Best Film | Weightlessness | Nominated |
| 2022 | Moscow International Film Festival | Russia | Golden George | The Son | Nominated |
| 2022 | Rotterdam International Film Festival | Netherlands | Light Award | The Son | Nominated |
| 2022 | Minsk Film Festival Listapad | Belarus | Youth Competition | The Son | Nominated |
| 2022 | Valladolid International Film Festival | Spain | Main Competition | The Son | Nominated |
| 2023 | Shanghai International film festival | China | Golden Goblet Awards | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2023 | St. Loui International film festival | USA | Main Competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2023 | Kerala International Film Festival | India | World Cinema | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2023 | Winchester film festival | UK | Main competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2023 | Chichester film festival | UK | Main competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2023 | Toji Somon International Film Festival | Tajikistan | Main competition | The Annoyed | Won |
| 2024 | Ischia International Film Festival | Italy | Location competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2024 | Lucania Film Festival | Italy | Main competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2024 | Labor Film Festival | Turky | Main competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |
| 2024 | Mexico Independent Festival | Mexico | Best Director | The Annoyed | Won |
| 2024 | Green Point Film Festival | USA | Main competition | The Annoyed | Nominated |

## Awards and nominations (Short Films)

| Year | Festival | | Category | Nominated Woek | Result |
| 2020 | Mammoth Lakes Film Festival | USA | Main competition | Sinful Pleasure | Nominated |
| 2017 | Detmold Film Festival | Germany | Main competition | Autumn Leaves | Nominated |
| 2016 | Livermore Valley Film Festival | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Nominated |
| 2015 | Anchorage Alaska Festival | USA | Honorable Mention | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Won |
| 2015 | No Fear Film Festival | USA | Best of Show | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Won |
| 2015 | North Carolina Film Awards | USA | Founder's Award | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Won |
| 2015 | Riverside International Film Festival | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Nominated |
| 2015 | Hell's Half Mile Festival | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Nominated |
| 2015 | Harlem Film Festival | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Nominated |
| 2015 | Con Festival Philadelphia | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Nominated |
| 2014 | Colony Film Festival | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Won |
| 2014 | San Pedro Film Festival | USA | Best Film | The Story Of A Rainy Night | Won |
| 2013 | Hanover film festival | Germany | Main competition | Mirror Narration of Simple Stories | Nominated |
| 2010 | One Take Film Festival | Croatia | Main competition | Reversing Circles | Nominated |
| 2010 | Nations Film Festival | Austria | Main competition | Gramophone | Nominated |
| 2009 | Tous Courts Film Festival | France | Main competition | The Life Of Khorshid | Nominated |
| 2009 | Brno Sixteen Festival | Czech Republic | Special Mention | Alternation | Won |
| 2008 | Hamburg Film Festival | Germany | Main competition | Alternation | Nominated |
| 2008 | Metro Train Film Festival | France | Special Jury | Alternation | Won |
| 2007 | Lausanne Underground Film Festival | Switzerland | Main competition | Alternation | Nominated |
| 2007 | Fajr Film Festival | Iran | Short Film competition | Alternation | Nominated |
| 2007 | Tehran Short Film Festival | Iran | Best Experimental Film | Alternation | Won |