Omid Abdollahi

Directing

Omid Abdollahi

Known for

Directing

Credits

26 titles

Omid Abdollahi is an Iranian director, screenwriter, and editor whose short fiction and documentary films have been screened at numerous international film festivals. His short film Glimmer received a Special Mention from the Jury at the 35th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France and went on to screen at more than twenty international festivals, including the 15th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Japan and the 21st Arcipelago International Short Film Festival in Italy. In 2015, Abdollahi received the Grand Prize for Best Filmmaker at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival in Japan for his trilogy of short films Bandage, Glimmer, and Hostess. In 2016, his doc…

Known for

A Sweet Day poster
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When a young woman gets the chance to have a conjugal meeting with her imprisoned husband after a long time, ​she decides to re-experience a romantic time in the apathetic and harsh atmosphere of the prison.

A Sweet Day

2026

Sohrab, a Journey poster
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A portrait documentary about one of the most prominent pioneers of the Iranian modern cinema, Sohrab Shahid Saless. In 1969, a young man of 26 years of age returns to his country Iran after years of studying cinema and going through the hardship of living abroad as a university student. He does not want to become a filmmaker in the commercial and valueless cinema of that time, so he chooses a different and – of course – a very hard path for the making of his films. The result of the daring choice is the two features A Simple Event and Still Life, which are remembered today as the most important and most influential first examples of the formation of the Iranian modern cinema. The pioneer filmmaker is nobody but Sohrab Shahid Saless. But how he succeeded in the making of the unconventional films? And how are his films related to the vicissitude in his life?

Sohrab, a Journey

2016

Glimmer poster
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An old optician is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not referred to receive her spectacles yet.

Glimmer

2012

Winners poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Winners

2016

Bandage poster
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A man goes home after buying a mirror. The house is quiet, but the shattered mirror in the frame indicates some events have happened before.

Bandage

2011

Nightly Whispers poster
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A man is worried about his teenage daughter’s relationship with a guy he doesn’t know. The daughter refuses to introduce her boyfriend. However, once the boy unexpectedly goes to the father to reveal a secret about the girl.

Nightly Whispers

2021

Behind the camera

A Sweet Day poster
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When a young woman gets the chance to have a conjugal meeting with her imprisoned husband after a long time, ​she decides to re-experience a romantic time in the apathetic and harsh atmosphere of the prison.

A Sweet Day

2026

A Sweet Day poster
NR

When a young woman gets the chance to have a conjugal meeting with her imprisoned husband after a long time, ​she decides to re-experience a romantic time in the apathetic and harsh atmosphere of the prison.

A Sweet Day

2026

A Sweet Day poster
NR

When a young woman gets the chance to have a conjugal meeting with her imprisoned husband after a long time, ​she decides to re-experience a romantic time in the apathetic and harsh atmosphere of the prison.

A Sweet Day

2026

Sohrab, a Journey poster
NR

A portrait documentary about one of the most prominent pioneers of the Iranian modern cinema, Sohrab Shahid Saless. In 1969, a young man of 26 years of age returns to his country Iran after years of studying cinema and going through the hardship of living abroad as a university student. He does not want to become a filmmaker in the commercial and valueless cinema of that time, so he chooses a different and – of course – a very hard path for the making of his films. The result of the daring choice is the two features A Simple Event and Still Life, which are remembered today as the most important and most influential first examples of the formation of the Iranian modern cinema. The pioneer filmmaker is nobody but Sohrab Shahid Saless. But how he succeeded in the making of the unconventional films? And how are his films related to the vicissitude in his life?

Sohrab, a Journey

2016

Sohrab, a Journey poster
NR

A portrait documentary about one of the most prominent pioneers of the Iranian modern cinema, Sohrab Shahid Saless. In 1969, a young man of 26 years of age returns to his country Iran after years of studying cinema and going through the hardship of living abroad as a university student. He does not want to become a filmmaker in the commercial and valueless cinema of that time, so he chooses a different and – of course – a very hard path for the making of his films. The result of the daring choice is the two features A Simple Event and Still Life, which are remembered today as the most important and most influential first examples of the formation of the Iranian modern cinema. The pioneer filmmaker is nobody but Sohrab Shahid Saless. But how he succeeded in the making of the unconventional films? And how are his films related to the vicissitude in his life?

Sohrab, a Journey

2016

Sohrab, a Journey poster
NR

A portrait documentary about one of the most prominent pioneers of the Iranian modern cinema, Sohrab Shahid Saless. In 1969, a young man of 26 years of age returns to his country Iran after years of studying cinema and going through the hardship of living abroad as a university student. He does not want to become a filmmaker in the commercial and valueless cinema of that time, so he chooses a different and – of course – a very hard path for the making of his films. The result of the daring choice is the two features A Simple Event and Still Life, which are remembered today as the most important and most influential first examples of the formation of the Iranian modern cinema. The pioneer filmmaker is nobody but Sohrab Shahid Saless. But how he succeeded in the making of the unconventional films? And how are his films related to the vicissitude in his life?

Sohrab, a Journey

2016

Glimmer poster
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An old optician is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not referred to receive her spectacles yet.

Glimmer

2012

Glimmer poster
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An old optician is going to close his optometry shop due to his weak eyesight. But there is still a client who has not referred to receive her spectacles yet.

Glimmer

2012

Winners poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Winners

2016

Winners poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Winners

2016

Winners poster
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No synopsis available yet.

Winners

2016

Bandage poster
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A man goes home after buying a mirror. The house is quiet, but the shattered mirror in the frame indicates some events have happened before.

Bandage

2011

Nightly Whispers poster
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A man is worried about his teenage daughter’s relationship with a guy he doesn’t know. The daughter refuses to introduce her boyfriend. However, once the boy unexpectedly goes to the father to reveal a secret about the girl.

Nightly Whispers

2021

Nightly Whispers poster
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A man is worried about his teenage daughter’s relationship with a guy he doesn’t know. The daughter refuses to introduce her boyfriend. However, once the boy unexpectedly goes to the father to reveal a secret about the girl.

Nightly Whispers

2021

Football, Spiritual Style poster
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A documentary about the life and career of Gholam Peirovani, a football coach in Iran, and he manages his team in a spiritual style.

Football, Spiritual Style

2009

Roozi Ke Farsi Dashtim poster
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In a school, Persian literature teacher wants the boys to read a poem from the book, but everybody has an excuse…

Roozi Ke Farsi Dashtim

2001

Roozi Ke Farsi Dashtim poster
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In a school, Persian literature teacher wants the boys to read a poem from the book, but everybody has an excuse…

Roozi Ke Farsi Dashtim

2001

Hostess poster
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A middle aged woman reluctantly accepts to take part in his son’s nightly party, but not as a guest. She is the hostess.

Hostess

2014

Hostess poster
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A middle aged woman reluctantly accepts to take part in his son’s nightly party, but not as a guest. She is the hostess.

Hostess

2014

Hostess poster
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A middle aged woman reluctantly accepts to take part in his son’s nightly party, but not as a guest. She is the hostess.

Hostess

2014

Between 2 Dreams poster
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A young woman goes to her neighbour in the middle of the night and asks her to help her have an abortion. However…

Between 2 Dreams

2008

Between 2 Dreams poster
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A young woman goes to her neighbour in the middle of the night and asks her to help her have an abortion. However…

Between 2 Dreams

2008

Between 2 Dreams poster
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A young woman goes to her neighbour in the middle of the night and asks her to help her have an abortion. However…

Between 2 Dreams

2008

The Wind Blows poster
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A young woman goes on a journey to find a shrine she has accidentally come across while travelling with her husband a few years ago, to pray for the healing of her husband’s illness. The only thing that can help her find the way is a film they have shot with a home camera on their previous journey.

The Wind Blows

2006

The Wind Blows poster
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A young woman goes on a journey to find a shrine she has accidentally come across while travelling with her husband a few years ago, to pray for the healing of her husband’s illness. The only thing that can help her find the way is a film they have shot with a home camera on their previous journey.

The Wind Blows

2006

The Wind Blows poster
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A young woman goes on a journey to find a shrine she has accidentally come across while travelling with her husband a few years ago, to pray for the healing of her husband’s illness. The only thing that can help her find the way is a film they have shot with a home camera on their previous journey.

The Wind Blows

2006