Shahram Mokri is a filmmaker and screenwriter. He graduated from the Tehran University of Film and currently lectures at various universities throughout Iran. He started his career by making short films. He has made five shorts so far and edited numerous others. In 2009 Mokri made a TV Movie called Askan, Charmed Ring, and Other Stories, which premiered at the Busan International Film Festival. He was invited to the 70th Venice Film Festival in 2013 with his first feature film, Fish & Cat. The film was screened in the Orizzonti section and won the Lion Award for creativity and innovation. In 2018, his second film, Invasion, screened at the 68th Berlin Film Festival and was nominated for the Teddy Award. Mokri returned to Venice in 2020 with his third film, Careless Crime. This latest film won the Golden Eel Screenwriter Award from the Independent Critics Association in Venice, and then went on to win the Silver Hugo at the Chicago Film Festival. All his films have met with great success, with both film critics and the public. Shahram Mokri has also sat on several International Film Festival juries, including the recent 2021 Orizzonti jury at the 78th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica, Venice.
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