birth_place nationality birth_date spouse article_title name occupation alma_mater
nishapur , khorasan , iran iranian 1973 shima monfared abdolreza kahani
 abdolreza kahani director & screenwriter university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- of tehran -lrb- m.a. -rrb- university of arak
abdolreza kahani

abdolreza kahani -lrb- -rrb- born in 1973 is an iranian filmmaker .
he made his first short film , the smile in 1988 and then he got his ba in acting at tehran azad university and his ma in directing at tehran university .
he made his first feature film , dance with the moon in 2003 .
in 2009 , kahani 's film twenty won the special jury prize and the prize of ecumenical jury at the karlovy vary international film festival .
the film observes a small band of employees trying to save a depressed iranian banquet hall which the owner has decided to close in 20 days .
