Ayat Najafi

Ayat Najafi

Najafi at the 2015 Crossing EuropeFestival
Born (1976-09-23) 23 September 1976
Tehran, Iran
Nationality Iranian
Alma mater Art and Architecture University
Occupation Film director, screenwriter, film producer
Years active 1985–present
Notable work No Land's Song
Football Under Cover

Ayat Najafi (Persian: آیت نجفی‎‎, was born 23 September 1976 in Tehran) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter. He has received many international awards from the Berlin International Film Festival and Outfest for "Football Under Cover" and also Montreal World Film Festival for "No Land's Song".

Life and career

Ayat Najafi was born in Tehran in 1976. He established a youth theatre company in college in 1995, while getting professional experience as an intern and participating in several workshops, with masters and professors of Iranian theatre. He participated in a number of different theatrical productions as an assistant director, author, actor, and set designer. Since 2000, he realized his own directorial work. In 2003, he established the Arta Atelier, focusing on an interdisciplinary, multimedia approach to theater, as well as experimental short and documentary film. Ayat participated in at Berlinale Talent Campus, 2005, with his short film, “Move It” (2004). “Football Under Cover”, his 1st feature documentary, co-directed by David Assmann, premiered at the International Berlin Film Festival, 2008, and has participated in several other festivals, winning several awards, such as Teddy award for best documentary, Berlinale 2008 and PRIX EUROPA IRIS, 2009. „No Land’s Song“ his 2nd feature documentary premiered at the Montréal World Film Festival, 2014, and has shown in more than 50 Festivals around the world, winning several awards, such as the public award for Best Documentary, Montréal World Film Festival. Best documentary, Gijon International Film Festival. Youth Jury Award, Dok Leipzig. Nestor Almendros Award for Courage in Filmmaking, Human Rights Watch Film Festival - New York. He was a fellow at the International Research Center, Free University of Berlin and a the Exzellenzcluster, Kulturelle Grundlagen von Integration, University of Constance where he presented his theater production, “Stories of Women with Mustaches and Men in Skirts”. “Lady Tehran”, his second theater production in Germany with an international cast and crew, was performed in Berlin in 2009. In 2011 he followed with “Rasht- City of Women”, and 2012 with “Pakistan (does not) Exist”, also performed in Berlin. Ayat Najafi was a jury member at various festivals, including Amnesty International Jury at the Berlinale in 2012 and international jury at dokumentART- European Film Festival for Documentaries 2014. He is also author of numerous articles and essays for magazines, newspapers and web sites in Iran and Germany. He currently lives in Berlin and Tehran.[1] [2][3]

Filmography

Year Film Credited as Notes
Director Producer Writer Actor
2014 No Land's Song [4] Yes No Yes No
2008 Football Under Cover [5] Yes No Yes No
2005 Move It [6] Yes Yes Yes No
1987 Avicenna [7] No No No Yes

Theaterography

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Censorography, Ayat Najafi". pourzandfoundation. 15 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ayat Najafi". AlloCiné. 2014. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  3. ↑ "Filmographie de Ayat Najafi". linternaute.com. 15 January 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2011.
  4. ↑ "No Land's Song". IMDB. 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Football Under Cover". IMDB. 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  6. ↑ "Move It". IMDB. 2005. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
  7. ↑ "Avicenna". IMDB. 1987. Retrieved 8 February 2016.
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