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Education

2017 - 2023 Concordia University, Master of Fine Arts, Film Production

2014 - 2017 Concordia University, Bachelor of Fine Arts, Film Animation

2004 - 2008 Shiraz Pasargad Higher Education Institute, Bachelor of Computer Software

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Academic Grants & Awards 

2019 - The De Sève Cinema award, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University

2017 - The Norman Mclaren Film Animation Award, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University 

2016 - Advisory Board Scholarship, Canso Investment Counsel LTD. Award Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University

2015 - The Sandra and Leo Kolber scholarship, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, 

Concordia University

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Festival Awards

The Town of Dead Dreams (Short Animated Film) 

2024- Recipient of the Phenomenal Attainment Award in the category of the Best Producer, AniFest A'GJIRO 2024 International Film Festival, GJIROKASTRA, Albania

2024- Recipient of the Best Student Animated Film, XXVII International Festival of Animation Films «Animaevka-2024», The Republic of Belarus

2024- Recipient of the Best Animated Film, F3: Queen City Film Festival, Film Curation, & Film Awards, United States

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The Hoopoe and The Owls (Short Animated Film)

2019- Recipient of the Emerging Artist Award, NDG Off the Wall festival, art week, Montreal

2019- Recipient of the Best Animated Film, Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival, Chicago

2017- Recipient of the Special price Nad school award, Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation Film Festival, Montreal

2017- Recipient of the CUAA Fine Arts Prize, The Graduating Student Arts Exhibition at the VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal

2017- Recipient of the Best Graduate Animated, Film Concordia Film Festival, CFF, Montreal

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Festival Screenings 

Short Animated Film: The Town of Dead Dreams (2023)

Still in the process of submission

- TOFUZI International animated film festival, Batumi, Georgia, November 2024

- East Lansing Film Festival, Michigan, United States, November 2024

- Big Cartoon Festival, Moscow, Russia, October 2024
- Los Angeles Action/Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Thriller Film Festival, Los Angeles, USA, October 2024
- RESONANS - A Fringe of Nature & Culture, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2024
- Canlandıranlar Animation Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2024
- International Film Festival for children and young people “AniFestROZAFA”, Gjirokastra, Albania, September 2024
- Youality International Short Film Festival, Chantilly, France, September 2024
- Kansas City Underground Film Festival, Kansas City, United States, September 2024
- GUTTERCAST Film Festival, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA, September 2024
- XXVII International Festival of Animation Films «Animaevka-2024», Mogilev, Belarus, September 2024
- T-Short Animated Film Festival, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, September 2024
- F3: Queen City Film Festival, Film Curation, & Film Awards, Cincinnati, USA, August 2024
- Nosebleeds Film Festival, Sioux Falls, USA, June 2024
- AniMate - Australia Animation Film Festival, Australia, June, 2024
- Marin County Fair International Festival of Short Film & Video, United States, July, 2024
- ICFF IncluCity Festival, Toronto, Canada, July, 2024
- Vagrant Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus, July, 2024
- MisCon International Short Film Festival, United States, 2024
- BUEISFF - British University International Students Film Festival, Egypt, October, 2024
- Kinosuite International, Indonesia, 2024

Short Animated Film: Free and Beautiful (2020)

- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma, May 2021

- Sommets du cinéma d'animation, Montreal, Canada, Dec 2020

- Marano Ragazzi Spot Festival, Marano di Napoli, Italy, Dec 2020

- Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, Aug 2020

- Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), Athens, Greece, Jul 2020

- Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, New Mexico State, US, May 2020

- 38th edition of the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA), Montreal, Canada, May 2020

Short Documentary: Trace of Myself (2019)

- Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma Film Festival, Montreal, Canada, May 2020

Short Animated Film: The Hoopoe And The Owls (2017)

- Photometria International Photography Festival, Ioannina, Greece, Jun 2019

- Big Shoulders International Student Film Festival, Chicago, United States, Feb 2019

- 29th Istanbul International Short Film Festival, IZMIR, Urla, Turkey, Dec 2018

- fliQs, queer film screening, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Sep 2018

- Anim’est – international animation film festival, Bucharest, Romania, Oct 2018

- Edmonton International Film Festival, Oct 2018

- A-FestFilmROZAFA, TIRANA, ALBANIA, May 2018

- FIAfest, International Audiovisual Festival, Universidad de La Sabana of Colombia, May 2018

- Feminist Border Arts Film Festival, New Mexico State University, United States, Apr 2018

- Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF), Melbourne, Australia, Jun 2018

- AniFilm, International Festival of Animated Films, Trebon, Czech Republic, May 2018

- Les Sommets du cinéma d'animation - Festival international de Montréal, Nov 2017

- Interdimensional Horror & Sci-Fi Festival: Sacalacalaca, Mexico, Nov 2017

- ANIMAGE - VIII International Animation Festival of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil, Nov 2017

- Craft International Animation Festival, Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, Oct 2017

- Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Jul 2017

- Concordia Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2017

Short Animated Film: I Ran and Ran (2016)

- Northwest Animation Festival, Portland, Oregon, USA, May 2017

- Chalon Tout Court festival's 8th edition, France, Apr 2017

- Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil, Jun 2016

- IndieWise FREE Virtual Festival, Jan 2016

- The Festival TOFUZI, Batumi, Georgia, Oct 2016

- Concordia Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2016    

Short Animated Film: Women of the Plains (2015)

- Edinburgh Iranian Festival, Scotland, Feb 2018

- Chalon Tout Court festival's 8th edition, France, Apr 2017

- Anim!Arte - International Student Animation Festival of Brazil, Jun 2016

- IndieWise FREE Virtual Festival, Fall 2016

- 19th Edition of Cartoons on the Bay - International Cross-media and Children's Television Festival, Venice, Italy, Apr 2016

- Festival international du film ethnographique du Québec, Montreal, QC, Mar 2016

- Fantasia International Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Jul 2015

- The International Film Festival + Agora of the island of Syros, Greece, Sep 2015

- Concordia Film Festival, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, May 2015

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Gallery Exhibitions 

Short Animated Film: The Hoopoe And The Owls

- Maureen Show, annual group exhibition of work by Concordia MFA Studio Arts Students, Darling Foundry Gallery, Montreal, QC, May 2018

- Concordia MFA Open Studios Exhibition, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Feb 2017        

- VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Jul 2017

Short Animated Film: I Ran and Ran

- VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Jul 2016

Short Animated Film: Women of the Plains

- VAV Gallery, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Jul 2015