Hossein Martin Fazeli

Hossein Martin Fazeli a.k.a. Naanaam (Persian: نانام‎‎) (born June 1964 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Canadian film director ^[1] and poet.^[2] His films have won 39 international awards,^[3] and have been broadcast on networks such as CNN, SBS, ARTE and Canal+. In 2008 Fazeli was shortlisted by the prestigious Sundance Institute to take part in 2008 Sundance International Filmmakers Award. Fazeli has previously worked on media campaigns for organizations such as the UNDP, the European Commission and Nonviolence International on issues such as minority rights, women’s rights, racism and nonviolent struggle.

International Awards

• Audience Award, São Paulo International Short Film Festival, Brazil
• Youth Jury Award, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, France
• Best International Short Film Award, Cape Town World Cinema Festival, South Africa
• Bigas Luna Award for the Best Story, Reus Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges, Spain
• 2nd Best Short Video Award, Reus Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges, Spain
• International Jury Award, Encounters International Film Festival, Bristol, UK
• Golden Cat Award, Izmir International Film Festival, Turkey
• Golden Monkey Award for Best Screenplay, CAN Leicester International Short Film Festival, UK
• Best Screenplay Award, Santiago International Short Film Festival, Chile
• Audience Award, Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Spain
• Best Screenplay Award, DaKino International Film Festival, Romania
• Best Film Award, Film Platform, Denmark
• Best Short Film Award, Emden International Film Festival, Germany
• Audience Award, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
• Media Award, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
• Best Live Action Award, Kara International Film Festival, Pakistan
• Special Jury Award, Euroshort, Poland
• 3rd Best Film Award, Kort Film Festival, Denmark
• 2nd Best Short Film Award, Wurzburg International Film Festival, Germany
• Honorable Mention, Black & White Audiovisual Festival, Portugal
• Best Screenplay, Afia International Film Festival, Denmark
• Audience Award, Narkolepsy Short Film Festival, France
• Best Foreign Short, Naoussa International Film and Video Festival, Greece
• Best Film, Bianco International Film Festival, Italy
• Audience Award, Bianco International Film Festival, Italy
• Special Award for Promoting Human Rights, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
• Best Director Award, San Giò Verona Video Festival, Italy
• Ovidiu Bose Pastina Special Award, Anonimul International Independent Film Festival, Romania
• Best Short Film Award, Almaty International Film Festival, Kazakhstan
• Audience Award, Silhouette International Film Festival, France
• Grand Prize, Cinefiesta International Film Festival, Puerto Rico
• Award for Extraordinary Achievement, Concorto International Film Festival, Italy
• Special Mention of Joung Jury, Concorto International Film Festival, Italy
• Best Screenplay Award, Sedicidorto International Film Festival, Italy
• Best Digital Video Award, Fano International Film Festival, Italy
• Special Jury Award, Alter Native International Short Film Festival, Romania
• Short Film Competition Award, Motovun Film Festival, Croatia
• Grand Calpurnia Award, Ourense Independent Film Festival, Spain
• Jury Award, Castellinaria International Film Festival, Switzerland

Filmography

Film	Date
Women on the Front Line	2013	Documentary
Legacy of Nonviolent Movements in Iran	2011	Documentary
Inscribed	2008	Fiction
The Tale of Two Nazanins	2007	Documentary
The T-shirt	2006	Fiction
The Blind Man	2006	PSA
The Journey	2006	Poem film
How Would You Feel in a Different Skin?	2005	PSA
A Foreign Poem	2004	Poem film
Who is Sahraa?	2003	Documentary

External links

• IMDB Site
• Director's Site
• P.O.V. Filmtidsskrift, Danish Journal of Film Studies
• Tricko (The T-Shirt)
• The Blind Man
• Exile and Dissonance: the poetry of Naanaam (Hossein Martin Fazeli)

See also

• Orson Welles
• Roman Polanski
• Fritz Lang
• Jean-Luc Godard
• Abbas Kiarostami
• Kamran Shirdel
• Forough Farrokhzad

References