Biography:
Ida Panahandeh was born in Tehran, Iran on September 8th, 1979. She obtained a degree in Film Photography in 2002 and a master’s in Film Direction in 2005, both from the Arts University of Tehran, where she began her film career with several short films. She has, throughout her work, focused on women’s rights, as with her first feature, ‘Nahid’, a film which won her worldwide acclaim. ‘Nahid’ was selected for the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, where it was awarded the special prize of ‘Prix de l’Avenir’.
Filmography:
Feature Films
2020: TiTi │ Fiction, Colour, 101 min, Iran
2019: THE NIKAIDOS’ FALL │ Fiction, Colour, 106 min, Japan & Hong Kong
2017: ISRAFIL │ Fiction, Colour, 100 min, Iran
2015: NAHID │ Fiction, Colour, 105 min, Iran
Short Films
2010: Irandokht │ Documentary, DVCAM, 26 min
2009: Winter Vases │ Fiction, HDCAM, 48 min
2008: Redroot Pigweed (Cockscomb Flower) │ Fiction, HDV, 17 min
2007: City Lights │ Fiction, HDV, 20 min
2005: Those Hands │ Fiction, DVCAM, 13 min
2004: Taxonomy │ Fiction, DVCAM, 24 min
2003: An Infinite Integral │ Fiction, DVCAM, 15 min
2002: The Door is Ajar │ Fiction, 16mm, 7 min
2001: Romulus │ Fiction, 16mm, 15 min
2000: The Bazaar │ Fiction, 16mm, 10 min
1999: The Train Station │ Fiction, 16mm, 12 min
Documentary and TV Movies
2013: From The South East │ TV Movie, 90 min
2012: The Lost Honor of Mr. Sadeghi │ TV Movie, 90 min
2012: Mrs. Ghamar’s House │ Documentary, 63 min
2010: The Story of Davood & The Dove │ TV Movie, 90 min
