Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) Bio & Filmography

Negar Azarbayjani
نگار آذربایجانی

Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی)

Director
Actor
Writer

Born in 1974, Negar Azarbayjani ( نگار آذربایجانی ) holds a BA in cinema from Art University of Tehran and an MA degree in visual media arts from Emerson College in Boston. She started her career by acting in a few television series and also worked as the assistant editor in SHEYDA by Kamal Tabrizi. She has directed a number of Shorts and Animations in the US as well as in Iran. Among her short subjects are SAFE CORNER, ROYA and also VIRTUAL TRUTH which won the critics special awar ...d from Tehran Film Festival in 2007. She started writing scripts for feature films in 2007 and directed her first feature in 2011. Her first feature FACING MIRRORS won several awards in International Fajr Film Festival, Iranian Critics Film Festival, and International Urban Film Festival & KHANEH CINEMA. It has been also presented in more than 150 international film festivals around the world and has won more than 50 awards including Circle Award from Washington DC, International Film Festival – 2012.

Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) has been a Director in some movies:

Season of Narges is about that Season of Narges takes the viewer into the lives of three women through three connected stories. A star-studded cast accompanies the sensitive style of film-making from the director of Facing Mirrors. In this film Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) collaborates with Mohammadreza Hedayati (محمد رضا هدایتی), Pejman Bazeghi (پژمان بازغی), Rima Raminfar (ریما رامین فر), Shayesteh Irani (شایسته ایرانی‌), Gohar Kheirandish (گوهر خیراندیش), Yekta Naser (یکتا ناصر), Amir Aghaei (امیر آقایی‎), Saleh Mirza Aghaie (صالح میرزا آقایی), Abdollah Eskandari (عبدالله اسکندری), Touraj Mansouri (تورج منصوری), Abbas Rastegarpour (عباس رستگار پور), Sattar Oraki (ستار اورکی), Khashayar Movahedian (خشایار موحدیان), Mehrzad Zarrabian (مهرزاد ضرابیان), Reza Narimizadeh (رضا نریمی زاده), Shirin Esmaeili (شیرین اسماعیلی), Mahlagha Naghed (مه لقا ناقد), Soudabeh Saidnia (سودابه سعیدنیا), Ilia Nasrollahi (ایلیا نصرالهی), Sahar Sabbagh Seresht (سحر صباغ سرشت), Omid Salehi (امید صالحی), Amir Sadra Haghani (امیرصدرا حقانی), Shabnam Goodarzi (شبنم گودرزی)

Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) has been a Actor in some movies:

The Afflicted Generation is about that Setareh Asadi is hired fto be a nurse for a Qajar Prince’s physically disabled son. In this film Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) collaborates with Amir Hossein Seddigh (امیرحسین صدیق), Atila Pesyani (آتیلا پسیانی), Niki Karimi (نیکی کریمی‎), Saeed Poursamimi (سعید پورصمیمی), Habib Dehghan Nasab (حبیب دهقان نسب), Fatemeh Naghavi (فاطمه نقوی), Farhad Ghaemian (فرهاد قائمیان), Rasoul Mollagholipour (رسول ملاقلی پور), Bahman Ardalan (بهمن اردلان), Hossein Jafarian (حسین جعفریان‎), Hassan Hassandoust (حسن حسن‌دوست), Ali Ghaem Maghami (علی قائم‌مقامی), Siamak Ansari (سیامک انصاری), Ali Lak-Pourian (علی لک‌ پوریان), Pourya Azarbayjani (پوریا آذربایجانی), Amir Abedi (امیر عابدی), Mohsen Mossavi (محسن موسوی), Malek Jahan Khazaee (ملک جهان خزاعی‌), Ramin Behna (رامین بهنا)

Facing Mirrors is about that Two very different women, Adineh and Rana, team up to claim their well-deserved freedom and happiness in this mesmerizing drama. Adineh, a rebellious and likeable transsexual woman, meets the conservative Rana while running away from her home and an arranged marriage. Rana is driving a taxi to pay off her imprisoned husband's debts, and her meeting with Adineh becomes the catalyst for pursuit of a better life. As the pair grow to understand one another, both women feel increasingly responsible for one another's happiness. Unmissable. In this film Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) collaborates with Homayoun Ershadi (همایون ارشادی), Saber Abar (صابر ابر), Shayesteh Irani (شایسته ایرانی‌), Maryam Boubani (مریم بوبانی), Nima Shahrokh Shahi (نیما شاهرخ شاهی), Hengameh Ghaziani (هنگامه قاضیانی), Safa Aghajani (صفا آقاجانی), Fereshteh Taerpoor (فرشته طائرپور), Ghazal Shakeri (غزل شاکری), Touraj Mansouri (تورج منصوری), Mehran Malakooti (مهران ملکوتی), Sepideh Abdolvahab (سپیده عبدالوهاب), Fardin Khalatbari (فردین خلعتبری), Sara Bahrami (سارا بهرامی), Mehrshad Malakooti (مهرشاد ملکوتی), Rabe'e Oskouei (رابعه اسکویی), Iman Omidvari (ایمان امیدواری), Ramtin Firoozian (رامتین فیروزیان)

Behind the Scenes: Facing Mirrors is about that One of the most groundbreaking titles in the history of Iranian cinema, this documentary gives us exclusive insight into the complex world of Persian filmmaking. Rana is a kindhearted young mother struggling to provide for her son as she awaits her husband's release from prison, while 'Eddie,' or Adineh, tries to escape the clutches of her oppressive father in order to pursue a sex change abroad. As we follow the intertwined lives of these protagonists, we learn not just what it means to be transgender in contemporary Iran, but how women must bend to fit the roles carved out for them by a patriarchal hierarchy. A chance to witness how a modern masterpiece is formed. In this film Negar Azarbayjani (نگار آذربایجانی) collaborates with Homayoun Ershadi (همایون ارشادی), Saber Abar (صابر ابر), Shayesteh Irani (شایسته ایرانی‌), Maryam Boubani (مریم بوبانی), Nima Shahrokh Shahi (نیما شاهرخ شاهی), Hengameh Ghaziani (هنگامه قاضیانی), Fereshteh Taerpoor (فرشته طائرپور), Ghazal Shakeri (غزل شاکری), Sepideh Abdolvahab (سپیده عبدالوهاب), Rabe'e Oskouei (رابعه اسکویی), Mola Shahsavari (ملا شهسواری), Keyhan Bayegan (کیهان بایگان)

Season of Narges

Behind the Scenes: Facing Mirrors

Facing Mirrors

Season of Narges

Facing Mirrors

The Afflicted Generation

Facing Mirrors

Season of Narges

Behind the Scenes: Facing Mirrors

Facing Mirrors

Season of Narges

Facing Mirrors

The Afflicted Generation

Facing Mirrors

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