Directing

Soheil Souzani

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Directing

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6 titles

He is a Filmmaker, theater and cinema actor, painter and cultural manager. He joined the Theater Atelier and later Karghah-e Nemayesh as an actor. He was one of first filmmakers who joined the Cinema-ye Azad in 1969 and started making 8 mm films. Later in 1974 he founded and directed the education center of the Cinema-ye Azad. He was also involved in the production of several TV series during the 70s. He has collaborated with some of the most important directors of modern and avant-garde theatre in Iran, such as Bijan Mofid, Arby Ovanessian and Abbas Nalbandian. among his most significant works in cinema is his acting in Faridoun Rahnema's film "Son of Iran is Unaware of His Mother" (1976).

Known for

Iran's Son is Unaware of His Mother poster
7.4

A young playwright and director wants to write and perform a historical drama about faith in the Ashkani period of Iran. There is an incongruity between the man's personal life, and his quest to pursue and present history. The woman who lives with him believes he should not neglect their relationship when embarking on such a quest. The people who work with the playwright believe the play ought to be made popular to satisfy the public. Finally, this matter makes the playwright perform the play all by himself.

Iran's Son is Unaware of His Mother

1976

The City of Tales poster
8.0

Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.

The City of Tales

1972

Report on the holding of the 9th International Cinema-ye Azad Festival poster
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Produced in the educational center of Cinema-ye Azad, the seventh filmmaking workshop.

Report on the holding of the 9th International Cinema-ye Azad Festival

1977

The City of Tales poster
NR

Shahr-e ghesse is perhaps the most popular of all Persian plays, was written in traditional rhythmic style that resulted in a kind of musical drama. Although it seems at first glance to have been written for children, its main audience, it is in fact a parable about contemporary socio political issues.

The City of Tales

1968

A New Sound poster
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An entity that is all ears, living in an apartment complex in a city with towering skyscrapers and full of (noise), finds life difficult to bear due to its sensitivity to (noise). It discovers a solution: a record that, when placed on a gramophone, broadcasts negative frequencies of outside environmental sounds. And the result of the (sound) played from this.....is the (sound) of silence… silence.

A New Sound

1975

Film credits

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