Shahram Alidi

Shahram was born on 11th December 1971 in Kurdistan, Iran. His sun sign is Sagittarius. By profession, he is an Iranian screenwriter, film director, and a movie producer. Apart from that, he also excels as a painter, illustrator and graphic designer. In his early schooling years, although he initially began as an actor, acting in school theaters; he started to develop an interest in painting, which soon transformed into a tremendous passion for him. He managed to win three National painting competitions from the year 1991 to 1993. He lost himself in the beauty and world of colors, drawings, and art. Thus, he decided to invest his future in learning and knowing more about painting. He got his Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from the “Beaux Arts Faculty” of Tehran University and his Master's degree in animation from the “Cinema & Theatre Faculty” of Art University in 1997 and 2004 respectively.

During a brief period from 1994 to 1997, he found himself preoccupied with various other things. He had been active in designing and illustrating children's books during that period. He was also into designing of theaters and scenes at the same time. Without knowing, he started drifting away from the world of painting towards the glory of cinema. Unable to resist his love for his passions, he wanted to mix poetry, painting, and theater altogether and create something magical. He has worked in many movies and have received awards for them. His projects include: ‘Mamli' in 1997, ‘Milk(Shote)' in 1998, ‘The heavenly doors' in 1999, ‘The ground is Hard' in 2000, ‘The Last Uncounted village' in 2003, ‘The Breath' in 2005, ‘Mountains of Tehran' in 2006, ‘Quatrain of Water' in 2008, ‘The Whisper of Wind' and ‘The Rosary' in 2009 and ‘Ode of the Mirror' in 2010.

Out of all of his movies, the ‘Whisper with the Wind' and ‘The Last Uncounted Village' are the most praised and acknowledged. ‘The Last Uncounted Village' was released in 2003. His writings for the movie were highly praised and liked. His movie has received a number of prestigious awards such as, ‘The Best Film' at the ‘The First Sony Company Festival', Iran (2002), ‘The Best Film' ‘Avanca Festival', Portugal (2003), ‘Different Cinema of Asia' i at the ‘Busan Film Festival', South Korea (2003), ‘The Best Film - A level' at the ‘Tehran Short Film Festival', Iran (2003), ‘Kurdistan Cinema' at the ‘D'ournise Festival', France (2003), ‘The Best Scenario (script)' at the ‘Aroca Festival', Portugal (2004), ‘Francois O'Dea Prize' at the ‘Hamburg Festival', Germany (2004) and the ‘Special Prize by Jury' at the ‘Torino Festival', Italy (2004).

The ‘Whisper of the Wind' released in 2009, showcased a beautiful story that made the audience experience a variety of different emotions altogether. The story shows the journey of a postman who records messages from soldiers or survivors in the hope of contacting their families in a mountain territory. He has received some prestigious awards for his this moving movie. His awards include ‘The Golden Don Quixote' in Norway at the ‘Tromso Film Festival' in 2010, ‘Young Academic Student Jury Prize' in Slovakia at the ‘Bratislava Film Festival' in 2009, ‘Prize of Academic Jury' in France at ‘Pessac International Historic Film Festival' in 2009, ‘Special Jury Award' in Brazil at the ‘Amazon Film Festival' in 2009 and ‘Prize of Mumbai Young Critics Award' in India at the ‘Mumbai International Film Festival' in 2009 as well. Apart from this, his movie also won the ‘Critic Weeks Section' in France at the famous ‘Cannes International Film Festival' in 2009.