Ramin Mohseni

Directing

Ramin Mohseni

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Ramin Mohseni is an international award-winning film director, writer and producer with more than 25 years experience in film and television industry, in Iran and Canada. He is a Director Member at the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), Directors Guild of Iranian Cinema, and Association of Iranian Documentary Producers. He is known for his critically acclaimed feature film From Afar [Az Dourdast] (2006), winner of Warrior Jaguar for Best Film in Acapulco International Film Festival in Mexico (FICA 2007); his seven-episodes researched documentary series Azerbaijan (2009-2014), award-nominated fourteen-episodes documentary series A Season For Cinema (1998) and the feature documentary Khialisazi…

Known for

Iranian Lottery poster
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People of a small town in northern Iran participate in a Great Lottery buying 800,000 tickets, while they are challenging some paradoxical problems such as charitable purposes, technocracy, gambling, religious limitations, economic difficulties and "high hopes".

Iranian Lottery

2001

Imaginary Painting poster
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A documentary about the life and works of the maestros of Imaginary Painting School who made Iranian popular old style Khialisazi or Coffee-House Painting.

Imaginary Painting

1997

A Season for Cinema: The role of architecture and semantic space-making in cinema poster
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Part 12 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The role of architecture and semantic space-making in cinema

1998

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes poster
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The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes

2014

A Season for Cinema: Iranian music and film music poster
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Part 11 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Iranian music and film music

1998

From Afar poster
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"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

From Afar

2006

Behind the camera

Iranian Lottery poster
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People of a small town in northern Iran participate in a Great Lottery buying 800,000 tickets, while they are challenging some paradoxical problems such as charitable purposes, technocracy, gambling, religious limitations, economic difficulties and "high hopes".

Iranian Lottery

2001

Iranian Lottery poster
NR

People of a small town in northern Iran participate in a Great Lottery buying 800,000 tickets, while they are challenging some paradoxical problems such as charitable purposes, technocracy, gambling, religious limitations, economic difficulties and "high hopes".

Iranian Lottery

2001

Iranian Lottery poster
NR

People of a small town in northern Iran participate in a Great Lottery buying 800,000 tickets, while they are challenging some paradoxical problems such as charitable purposes, technocracy, gambling, religious limitations, economic difficulties and "high hopes".

Iranian Lottery

2001

Imaginary Painting poster
NR

A documentary about the life and works of the maestros of Imaginary Painting School who made Iranian popular old style Khialisazi or Coffee-House Painting.

Imaginary Painting

1997

Imaginary Painting poster
NR

A documentary about the life and works of the maestros of Imaginary Painting School who made Iranian popular old style Khialisazi or Coffee-House Painting.

Imaginary Painting

1997

Imaginary Painting poster
NR

A documentary about the life and works of the maestros of Imaginary Painting School who made Iranian popular old style Khialisazi or Coffee-House Painting.

Imaginary Painting

1997

A Season for Cinema: The role of architecture and semantic space-making in cinema poster
NR

Part 12 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The role of architecture and semantic space-making in cinema

1998

A Season for Cinema: The role of architecture and semantic space-making in cinema poster
NR

Part 12 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The role of architecture and semantic space-making in cinema

1998

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes poster
4.0

The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes

2014

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes poster
4.0

The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes

2014

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes poster
4.0

The history of Iranian Azerbaijan from the Medes era to the Sasanian Empire and from Takht-e Soleyman in Atropatene to St. Thaddeus Monastery (AKA Qara Kelisa).

Azerbaijan: Atropatene, the Little Medes

2014

A Season for Cinema: Iranian music and film music poster
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Part 11 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Iranian music and film music

1998

A Season for Cinema: Iranian music and film music poster
NR

Part 11 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Iranian music and film music

1998

From Afar poster
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"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

From Afar

2006

From Afar poster
NR

"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

From Afar

2006

From Afar poster
NR

"From Afar" traces the malaise of a young artist and intellectual in three episodes: Book Burning, Breathing and Dawn. The Young protagonist lives in contemporary Tehran and he appears as a film student, an asthmatic businessman and a successful architect. In each story, he journeys toward a spiritual insight or emotion.

From Afar

2006

A Season for Cinema: Iranian Epic Literature, the adaptation of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' for screenplay poster
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Part 9 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Iranian Epic Literature, the adaptation of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' for screenplay

1998

A Season for Cinema: Iranian Epic Literature, the adaptation of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' for screenplay poster
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Part 9 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Iranian Epic Literature, the adaptation of Ferdowsi's 'Shahnameh' for screenplay

1998

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan poster
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A discovery journey to the ancient sites and forts of Iranian Azerbaijan, Zahhak castle near Mianeh and the Babak Khorramdin stronghold in Kalaybar, who fought the Abbasid Caliphate in early centuries of Islam in Iran.

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan

2014

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan poster
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A discovery journey to the ancient sites and forts of Iranian Azerbaijan, Zahhak castle near Mianeh and the Babak Khorramdin stronghold in Kalaybar, who fought the Abbasid Caliphate in early centuries of Islam in Iran.

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan

2014

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan poster
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A discovery journey to the ancient sites and forts of Iranian Azerbaijan, Zahhak castle near Mianeh and the Babak Khorramdin stronghold in Kalaybar, who fought the Abbasid Caliphate in early centuries of Islam in Iran.

Azerbaijan: Forts of Azerbaijan

2014

A Season for Cinema: Possibilities of literary adaptation in cinema poster
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Part 2 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Possibilities of literary adaptation in cinema

1998

A Season for Cinema: Possibilities of literary adaptation in cinema poster
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Part 2 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Possibilities of literary adaptation in cinema

1998

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks poster
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History of Iranian Azerbaijan from Oghuz Turks to the Qara Qoyunlu rulers who built the Blue Mosque (Pers. Masjed-e kabud); and to Hasan Padeshah Aq Qoyunlu who chose Tabriz as their capital.

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks

2014

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks poster
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History of Iranian Azerbaijan from Oghuz Turks to the Qara Qoyunlu rulers who built the Blue Mosque (Pers. Masjed-e kabud); and to Hasan Padeshah Aq Qoyunlu who chose Tabriz as their capital.

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks

2014

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks poster
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History of Iranian Azerbaijan from Oghuz Turks to the Qara Qoyunlu rulers who built the Blue Mosque (Pers. Masjed-e kabud); and to Hasan Padeshah Aq Qoyunlu who chose Tabriz as their capital.

Azerbaijan: The History of Iranian Turks

2014

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema poster
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Part 13 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema

1998

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema poster
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Part 13 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Myth and prototype in Iranian Cinema

1998

A Season for Cinema: Visual aesthetics in Iranian films poster
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Part 1 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Visual aesthetics in Iranian films

1998

A Season for Cinema: Visual aesthetics in Iranian films poster
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Part 1 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Visual aesthetics in Iranian films

1998

A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction poster
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Part 5 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction

1998

A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction poster
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Part 5 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Fictional reality, documentary fiction

1998

A Season for Cinema: The virtue of voice and speech, the power of the word poster
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Part 8 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The virtue of voice and speech, the power of the word

1998

A Season for Cinema: The virtue of voice and speech, the power of the word poster
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Part 8 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The virtue of voice and speech, the power of the word

1998

A Season for Cinema: Visual insight in Iran; Cinema, Light, Truth poster
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Part 10 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Visual insight in Iran; Cinema, Light, Truth

1998

A Season for Cinema: Visual insight in Iran; Cinema, Light, Truth poster
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Part 10 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: Visual insight in Iran; Cinema, Light, Truth

1998

A Season for Cinema: The relationship between Iranian theatre and cinema poster
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Part 3 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The relationship between Iranian theatre and cinema

1998

A Season for Cinema: The relationship between Iranian theatre and cinema poster
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Part 3 of the 14-part documentary series which discovers cultural roots and aesthetics of modern Iranian films and the relationship between different Persian art forms and Iranian Cinema.

A Season for Cinema: The relationship between Iranian theatre and cinema

1998

Azerbaijan: Urartu and Manna poster
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An exploration on ancient sites of iron age Kingdom of Urartu in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Medes and the Manna civilization near Lake Urmia.

Azerbaijan: Urartu and Manna

2014

Azerbaijan: Urartu and Manna poster
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An exploration on ancient sites of iron age Kingdom of Urartu in Iranian Azerbaijan, the Medes and the Manna civilization near Lake Urmia.

Azerbaijan: Urartu and Manna

2014