Mehrdad Oskouei: An anthropological lens



BIOGRAPHY
Independent filmmaker and photographer, Mehrdad Oskouei was born in 1969 in Tehran. He has a B.A. in film directing from University of Arts. Oskouei started his artistic career as a theater actor and filmmaker in 1981 and 1988 respectively. The most intersting aspect of Mehrdad Oskuei is that he is the founding committee of the Anthropology and Culture Association. He has made rich contribution to the understanding of anthropology through the medium of film
http://anthropology.ir/node/5941
http://anthropology.ir/node/3158
http://irandocfilm.org/membersfa.asp?id=34

FESTIVALS

Oskouei is well acclaimed as he has won eighty awards for films contesting in 50  national and international festivals including: 
International Short Film Festival (Iran) Golden Award for Best Film                                                                     
Festival Der nationen (Australia) Silver Award for Best Documentary
Doc Film Festival Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Leipzig International Film Festival (Germany)
Maremma Doc International Film Festival (Italy)
“The Other Side of Burka” was nominated as the best Iranian documentary
 and Oskouei as the best young Iranian filmmaker of the year in 2004 and 2005. 
Grand Prize for Best Documentary, Audience Award
Sony Short Film Festival (Iran) Grand Prize for Best Film
Mediawave International  Film Festival (Hungary) Global Tube
Akademie Der Kunst (Germany)
Werkstatt Jung Akademie, Talent Campus (Germany)
OSKUEI is also the founder of Iran's Film and Documentary Association's (IDF).



For pages related to Anthropology and Culture see:- Cultural figures in 2010: 


M. Oskoee evening in Manchester: The complexity of simplicity
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/10046


 - Mohammed Reza talks with  M. Oskoee  http://www.anthropology.ir/node/10005
- View "The Last Days of Winter" and lectures on the pathology of teen poverty, Oskoee http://www.anthropology.ir/node/9793- The fourth exhibition http://www.anthropology.ir/node/9735


M. Oskoee- Yoosh, father's house and tomb of the narrative images Yooshij Nima  http://www.anthropology.ir/node/9461- 


Meetings with M. Oskoee at Exhibition of historic art postcards http://www.anthropology.ir/node/9445 

- M.Oskoee: The "prairie" narrative images 
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/9346


- Report of a meeting on "Iran's historical postcards" http://www.anthropology.ir/node/8944                         


-Exhibition "postcards on Iranian history."
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/8885


- Interview with Elie Drkz, the Amsterdam Documentary Festival, Aydfa (1):
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3996


- Interview with Elie Drkz, the Amsterdam Documentary Festival, Aydfa (2):
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3999


- A trip to ... Dialogue with Morteza Mehrdad Oskoee:
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/1310


- Interview with M. Oskoee:
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3253


- Interview with M. Oskoee (1):
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3158
- Interview with M. Oskoee (2):
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3162


- Close-up of the Long Shot: A day on the calendar:http://www.anthropology.ir/node/4401


- The Nose and a new identity:http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3358


- A series of turning and twisting symptoms: The documentary "Nose Iranian Style"
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3259


- Two views of a documentary about "the calendar days ":
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3241- 


"Behind the burqa" M. Oskoee:
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/2940


- Interview with M. Oskoee: Days of the 
Calendar:
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/5232


- A documentary about Iran:
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/1341
- The nose job (look at the documentary Nose, Iranian Style):
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/1036


- Displease the taste of freedom:http://www.anthropology.ir/node/3170
- Maziar Bahari and M. Oskoee:http://www.anthropology.ir/node/707


-  Screening of M. Oskoee Movie:
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/5103


- M. Oskoee speech: approach to the documentary: 
http://anthropology.ir/node/1294


- Some experience and a companion!http://www.anthropology.ir/node/6940
- M. Oskoee Prince Claus Award 2010http://www.anthropology.ir/node/6789


- Documentary so far awayhttp://www.anthropology.ir/node/6980


- Dialogue with M. Kalantari win Oskoee about workshops outside Iran.
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/7927


- The simplicity of it: Prince Claus Award 2010 for M. Oskoee.SF
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/8187


- Interview with M. Oskoee: experience ahead
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/8290


On life experiences
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/11184


 References;(Written in Persian:)


- M. Oskoee in documentary films about Iran:
http://www.irandocfilm.org/membersfa.asp?id=34


- The other side of the Burqa (M. Oskoee) / Short Film News:http://fa.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=-1410245253


- Oskoee: continuous and legal documentation is in TV / Film News brief:
http://fa.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=438518612


- H. and M. Jabali Oskoee, guest focus and the future Taryana:
http://sokhango.blogfa.com/post-285.aspx- 


M. Oskoee / House of Iranian cinema:http://www.khanehcinema.ir/fa/indexfa.aspx?mid=27&NewsID=882&type=8


- Documentary film workshop with M. Oskoee in Central / News - Analysis of the Central Province:


http://markazidaily.com/?p=3242


- M. Oskoee about the short film-fest:


http://www.shortfilmfest-ir.com/2006/eng/dav/jury_national_2006_page-oskoee.htm


- About the film "House of my Mother Lagoon" and M. Oskoee:http://www.smediaint.com/documentary/d31_2.html

 - Behind the burqa in Aydfa
 http://www.idfa.nl/industry/tags/project.aspx?ID=30cc6284-c221-4eb4-80c4-12316d1c0f5e

For more information:
http://irandocfilm.org/membersfa.asp?id=34
http://www.anthropology.ir/node/9793
http://fa.shortfilmnews.com/shownews.asp?id=1186084689
http://parastoofilm.com/my-mothers-home-lagoon/                   http://anthropology.ir/node/10742http://www.radiozamaneh.com/taxonomy/term/7607
 

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