Mojtaba Mirtahmasb is a renowned Iranian documentary filmmakers. Having graduated with a BA in Craft Design from the Art University, he started making films in 1990. He has conducted research, scriptwriting, directing and producing for more than 40 documentary films, including Touran Khanom, Six Centuries Six Years, This Is Not a Film, Lady of the Roses, Off Beat, Back Vocal, The River Still Has Fish and The Banner. This Is Not a Film was the outcome of a directorial and production partnership w
...ith Jafar Panahi. It was first premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival (Official Selection) and was on the short list for the best documentary for the 2012 Oscar.
Mirtahmasb has won many prizes including the Crystal Simorgh (Phoenix) and the Jury Award at the Fajr International Film Festival, the Special Jury Award at the Cinéma Vérité Film Festival, Best Documentary Film Award from the Grand Ceremony of the House of Cinema, the NETPAC Award, UNESCO Award for Best Documentary Film, and the Best Experimental Documentary Film award from the US National Society of Film Critics.
Mirtahmasb was a Member of the Board of Directors of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association (IRDFA) for six years, serving two years as its chairperson. He is one of the founding members of Tehran Province Documentary Filmmakers’ Guild. In recent years, alongside researching and directing his own films, he has been conceiving and producing film projects, chief among them the Karestan Documentary Film Series.
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) has been a Writer in some movies:
Off Beat is about that In Iran, it is easy to gain a permit to hold pop concerts. Not so for rock music; performers are rarely allowed to perform publicly, and must keep their music contained in garages, basements, and bedrooms. This is still very much the case today. However, in 2002, ten music aficionodos banded together to hold an online contest for the cream of Tehran's underground rockbands. Boasting music from such bands as Fara, Pharos, and Jiveh, this documentary is essential viewing for anyone interested in the truth behind making music in Iran. In this film Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) collaborates with Ebrahim Mokhtari (ابراهیم مختاری)
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) has been a Sound in some movies:
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) has been a Producer in some movies:
Back Vocal is about that In Iran, female singing voices are deemed to be too provocative, and women are prohibited from perfoming as solo artists by religious law. Demoted to backing singers, many women try to remain active despite the restrictions placed upon them, and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's documentary sympathetically captures their struggles to be heard.
Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) has been a Director in some movies:
The River Still Has Fish is about that Mojtaba Mirtahmasb's documentary tells the story of one man's touching relation to a dying river. Once a roaring waterway, the river is now only a narrow brook containing the corpses of dead animals, sewage from surrounding houses and shops, and no fish at all. In a fascinating bid to keep the memory of the river's heyday alive, artist Ahmad Nadalian carves images of fish on the stones of the river-bed, and 'The River Still has Fish' pays tribute to his creative way of drawing attention to this environmental issue. In this film Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) collaborates with Ahmad Nadalian (احمد نادعلیان), Taybeh Dehghan (طیبه دهقان), Sakineh Zolfaghar (سکینه ذوالفقار), Behzad Nadalian (بهزاد نادعلیان), Zohreh Panahi (زهره پناهی), Mohsen Nazari (محسن نظری)
Im Bazar der Geschlechter is about that A lonesome middle-aged bachelor, a divorced single mother, and a jovial young mullah are the protagonists of this intimate account of gender relations in Iran. Their stories revolve around the institution of temporary marriage, also called lust-marriage, a Shia practice that allows a man and a woman to legally marry for a fixed period of time ranging from one hour to 99 years. Religiously sanctified prostitution or a loophole for couples to have a relationship within the rigid Islamic laws? Religious dogma meets macho sentimentality meets female realities. A relentlessly honest, eye-opening, and sometimes funny account of Islamic sexual and gender politics. In this film Mojtaba Mirtahmasb (مجتبا میرتهماسب) collaborates with Majid Gorjian (مجید گرجیان), Mohsen Mahmoudieh (محسن محمودیه), Arastoo Givi (ارسطو گیوی), Soodabeh Mortezai (سودابه مرتضایی), Wolfgang Bergmann (ولفگانگ برگمان), Olivier Neumann (الیویر نومن), Mehri Ramezani (مهری رمضانی)
