Ali Zare Ghanat Nowi
Ali Zare Ghanatnowi (Persian: علی زارع قنات نوی) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter, translator, cinema teacher, graphic designer, cameraman, and film producer. An active film-maker from 2000,[1] he had been involved in over twenty films, including animations, shorts, and documentaries. Zare attained critical acclaim for directing Empty View (2017) and Dad's Fragile Doll (2013)[2] which was awarded the best animation of International Open Film Festival (IOFF).[3] His other film Empty View has won multiple international awards, including the best animation of Asians On Film (first award and the best film music).[4][5][6] The music part in Empty View is made by Mohammadreza Aligholi.[7][8][9] Empty view has been in the official selections for the best animation in Edmonton International Film Festival in Canada.[10] This festival is among those confirmed by Oscar Academy that is hold every year in Edmonton, Alberta.[11] Ali Zare Ghanat Nowi who had achieved this before, by Dad's Fragile Doll being selected in Anima Mundi (event), now again reached this place by Empty View.
Ali Zare Ghanat Nowi | |
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علی زارع قنات نوی | |
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Nationality | Iranian |
Alma mater | University of Tehran and Berlin Film School |
Occupation | Film director, screenwriter, photographer, producer |
Years active | 1997–present |
Notable work |
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Early life and background
Zare was born in Shiraz in 1981. His first experience as a very young teenager was at Iran National Broadcasting in Fars Province channel in 1997. He continued it into his late teens because of his early interest in cinema and theater beginning from high school.[12] So, before leaving home to study at University of Tehran and then Berlin School,[13] he had some experience with cinema and film-making that supported his studies.
As a director and cameraman, he worked in making some TV commercials and advertising[14] from 2006 to 2016. Around 2004 to 2013, in Shiraz film club,[15] had been active[16] in holding film[17] and criticism meetings.[18] Most of these meetings[19] were hold in Shiraz University[20] and Hafez hall[21] about famous movies[22] by great directors.[23] In 2004 he founded Cinema School in Shiraz .[24] As a manager and teacher in Cinema School, he made many workshops[6] about cinema, criticism, editing, screenwriting, make-up[25] etc. Beside himself teaching, he invited many important people like Saeed Aghighi,[26] Farzad Motamen,[26] Mohammadreza Aslani, Mahmoud Kalari, Mehri Shirazi, Homayoun As'adian,[27] Zhila Mehrjooii, Mohammad Aalaadpoosh, Jamal Mirsadeghi,[28] Rahim Hoodi[29] etc.
Film career
In 1999 Zare worked in a TV project named Didgah (View) as the editor, assistant director, and writer. It was a program which was broadcast in Fars Province channel and had discussions about the films by some critiques following the film[30] being displayed.[31] They were the latest important[32] foreign movies with Persian subtitle.[6] Meanwhile, this program, Zare was also the writer of Iran, Sale Sefr, (Iran, the year zero) a radio play about Iran in one hundred years later. An author who has been abroad for many year, comes back to Iran and faces new conditions and different situations.[6]
In 2000, Zare pursued his ambition to be a director by making HandiCrafts in Fars Province. It was a 13 part TV documentary about local people making handicrafts. It used folklore music while showing their handicrafts.[6] Following this, Zare wrote and directed his first short film Paeeze Khakestari (2000) meaning Gray Autumn. It tells the story of a man who has been lost for four years and has lost his memory. Now he faces some familiar surroundings, then the reason of his lost and losing his memory is discovered.[33] In the same year he helped in directing and editing Mosabegheh Delavar Mardane Fat'h, (Gallant Guys Conquer) a 52 part TV match with military members participating to gain more score and win.[34]
In 2001, Zare was busy as the editor of Jahan Nama (World View).[34] It was a 52 part documentary about fantastic places worldwide with a different editing method which he himself did the sounding too. That year he also released his second short film. Barandegan Chizi Nemibarand (Winners Win Nothing), written and directed by him, has a story about a soldier who has come back from the war as a shell-shocked ill man. He is still in the mindset of war then some filmmakers find him.[6] Zare edited a short film called Vahe (2003) meaning Oasis.[6] In 2004, he wrote and directed MIT, an industrial documentary that revolved around introducing an educational package called MIT in a university.[14]
In 2006 Zare directed and wrote a video art: Makoo.[6] The story is about three women in different times and different social classes that each woman seems to continue the life process of the previous. In 2008, he directed a documentary named Chahar Marge Yek Nevisandeh (Four Deaths of a Writer).[35] It is the life of a writer showing how he dies four times in his works and the screenplay was written with the help of Shahriar Mandanipour. It was not until his release of Red Mind (2009) that he began to gain recognition out of Shiraz.[36] Red Mind documentary which was produced, directed, and wrote all by himself, is based on Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi notes. The film tells the story of creating human, the eternal love between human and God, human descent, and love reincarnation in human.[37]
Faryadha o Najvaha (2010) meaning Whispers and Cries is described as a narration of the life within blind and deaf kids in special schools.[38] It shows sadly the hard life of those kids. This documentary also relates to the teachers who do endless effort and have unconditional passion on the disabled kids. Zare uses khaki colored themes in Safarnameh Sistan which was made in 2011. This documentary is about a trip to Sistan and meeting Balochi ethnics.[39] It illustrates the very hard life of people living there, giving information about their life style in such a dry area. This documentary is a free adaptation from Meet the Baloch People by Mahmoud Dowlatabadi. In 2012 Zare was involved in the screenwriting of The Lights, which he also produced and directed.[40] It's about the famous writer Jamal Mirsadeghi, his life and writings.[39] In 2013, he released Dad's Fragile Doll, Zare's first animation,[41] which narrates the story of a political prisoner who has a kid. The family gets upset with arresting the father but the girl dreams about killing the man who arrested him. The animation examines rotoscoping technique which was the first time done in Iran.[2] The screenplay was adopted from a story by Houshang Golshiri with the same title. It won the best animation of veteran's festival in Australia.[42] Dad's fragile doll received praise from people such as Ted Hope, the famous producer of 21 grams[43] and was displayed[44] in cinemas across Germany and US.[45]
In 2014 Zare wrote The lives of Others for his former student, Bahareh Ahmadi.[46] This film is regarded as a narration about a girl who loses her hopes to continue life. The animation follows the two dimension technique as designed by hand. Meanwhile, these, he edited Shahre man, Aabaadi (My City, the Dorp), a TV film.[47] In 2015 Zare was selected in Ozark Foothills Film Fest in US for his directing of the film Bande Naaf (Umbilical Cord).[48] This movie is about a woman who tells the story of her baby. The style of film-making for that is experimental. Some flashbacks are used to show the feelings and lunatic thoughts of a mother about her missed baby.[49] Timology from 2015, was edited and produced by him.[50] This experimental movies talks about the contemporary life of human who has been lost in time and existence. That year he also edited and produced Jump In Love for his two former students Ali Lavari and Vahid Mobasheri.[51]
Zare next wrote the screenplay and directed Hafteye Ayandeh (2015) meaning Next Week, a documentary[52] about a week of effort that disabled kids do to have a normal life. Between 2015 and 2017, he was involved in the production, directing, and editing of Zand Street, The Kiss, Internationale,[53] Pour with the rain (about Amin Faghiri),[54] and Empty View,[55] all of them finished. Zand Street[56] and Pour with the Rain[57] are documentaries and the other three are animations. His last work is an animation named Essence which is selected in CineGlobe Switzerland Festival. Inspired by a tone poem, named Also sprach Zarathustra (Strauss) by Richard Strauss, the film reckons that every human is a vast galaxy.[58]
Zare was honored three years (2010, 2011 and 2012) to receive the Management Excellence award for managing Madreseh Kargahiye Cinema (Cinema School). It was the honor given from the Culture minister to the best manager every year.[59][14][60][61]
Film festival work
Zare was a jury member at some film festivals, most notably the Berlin International Film Festival[62] in 2016; And the same year judged the films in Cinema Perpetuum Mobile festival in Belarus. Also has the judge experience in the International Open Film Festival (IOFF) in 2015, Kal Film Festival (2014) in Gerash County, Fars Province, Iran, in addition to Shiraz film festival (2013).[63]
Reception and criticism
Zare has received acclaim[43] for Dad's Fragile Doll from Ted Hope, the producer of 21 Grams; He said: "Dad’s Fragile Doll’s hand drawn intimacy and well told story caught a horrific moment and made it accessible to all while also adding new depth to the subject matter." The animation won 70,000 $ prize[64] in Viewster Online Film Festival. In Berkeh Film Festival, it was told[65] to be "a formative view and intelligent adaptation from Persian literature."
He has succeeded to display his films in more than 150 countries. About Dad's Fragile Doll[66] it's been said: "intelligently addresses not only children but especially adults, through the eyes of a child, and in an "innocent" but biting manner of the days of terror Of a dictatorship and the effects on a family." This animation also described[67] as: "intense and dramatic … intensifying the censorship of intellectuals throughout the country." It has received more than 20 professional critics[68] in Hong Kong newspapers. Zare was called the most worldwide-honored Iranian director in 2014.[69]
He recently was appreciated for Empty View which was described as "a testament to the unique power of animation to bring life to the artificial. With enough care and talent poured into every second, a film created entirely by hand can feel as real, if not more so, than reality captured on a camera."[70]
Books
In 2008 Ali Zare GhanatNowi translated the screenplay of The Grapes of Wrath by Nunnally Johnson[71][72] which is an adaptation of the same novel by John Steinbeck. The film was made by John Ford. The final edition for the Persian translation was done by Saeed Aghighi. In 2005 Zare translated[73] the screenplay[74] 21 Grams[75] by Guillermo Arriaga.[76]
He has two books[77] in press: Digital Photography Darkroom and Keywords in Cinema. He also has done the cover designing of World of Colors[78] and Two lit up blue lights[79] both by Jamal Mirsadeghi.[80] Zare has published some cinema critics and film reviews[81] in some newspapers[82] too.
Honors and awards
Awards
Zare has won some awards up to 2018 as follows:
Empty View
2018- Best Director Award of SOUTHAMPTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, UK, Hampshire[83]
2018- BEST SHORT FEST, Canada, Ontario[84]
2018- Great Message International Film Festival, India, Pune[85]
2018- Indie Best Films Festival, USA, Santa Mónica [86]
2018- Mexico International Film Festival, Mexico [87]
2018- The Seoul Guro International Kids Film Festival, South Korea, Seoul[88]
2018- ATHENS ANIMFEST, Greece, Athens[89]
2018- Amsterdam film festival and Van-Gogh Award, Netherlands, Amsterdam[90]
2017- 1st Chania Cartoon & Animation Festival (Jury Award), Greece,[91]
2017- The first prize in UK monthly film festival, England[92]
2017- Los Angeles Film Awards[93]
2017- Asians On Film, USA, Los Angeles[94]
Dad's Fragile Doll
2018- The Mosaic Film Festival, USA[95]
2017- London X4 international festival, England[96]
2016- Berkeh Film Festival, Lamerd, Fars, Iran[65]
2016- The Best Animation of International Open Film Festival (IOFF), Dhaka, Bangladesh[97]
2016- The Best Animation of The Kids Festival, Madrid, Spain[98]
2015- The best animation Cinema Perpetuum Mobile International Short Film Festival, Minsk, Belarus[69]
2015- The Best Animation of VETERANS FILM FESTIVAL, Canberra, Australian[99]
2014- Diploma ANIMAMUNDI INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Sao Paula, Brazil[100]
2014- Diploma ANIMA-SAO INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil[101]
2014- Diploma of Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival, Seoul, South Korea[102]
2014- The best animation of Parvin Etesami film festival, Tehran, Iran[103]
2014- The Best film of Viewster international festival, Zurich, Switzerland[104]
2014- Winner of the Grand Medal, Shiraz Short Film 2014, Iran[105]
2014- Winner of the perspective of the audience in Viewster international festival, Zurich, Switzerland[106]
Sistan Itinerary
2011- Best film at Naser Khosro Festival, Tehran, Iran[107]
HandiCrafts in Fars Province
2000- The best TV documentary at Iran Radio and TV Festival, Tehran, Iran
Red Mind
2009- The best film at Shiraz Festival, Iran[108]
Oasis
2004- The best Editing at Shiraz MY City festival, Iran[109]
Nominees
His works has been also nominees in some festivals as follow:
Empty View
2017- Los Angeles Independent Film Festival, USA[110]
2017- Los Angeles Cine fest, USA[110]
2017- Feel the Reel festival, England[110]
2017- Sunfilm festival, Tokyo, Japan[111]
2017- Eurasia International Film Festival, Russia[111]
Dad's Fragile Doll
2017- Burien film festival, Washington, USA[112]
2016- Lima bean film fest, St Louise, USA[113]
2015- Internacional Cine al Mar, Bogota, Colombia[114]
2015- Mecal, 17th Festival International of Short Film and Animation of Barcelona, Spain[115]
2014- 7th Festival de Curtas Metragens – Entretodos, Mexico City, Mexico.[116]
2014- 16th FESTCURTASBH Belo Horizonte International Short Film Festival, Brazil[117]
2014- 20th IFVA International Film Festival, Hong Kong, China[118]
2014- 26th Film Festival in Girona, Spain[119]
2014- 30th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, Argentina[120]
2014- Animpact Animation Festival, Seoul, South Korea
2014- Erie international filmfest, Pennsylvanian, USA[121]
2014- International Animation Festival Athens ANIMFEST, Greece[122]
2014- International Fantastic & Horror Award HEMOGLOZINE, Ciudad Real, Spain[123]
2014- Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema, Argentina[124]
2014- International Film Festival Cine Curtas Bodega Cultural, Florianopolis, Brazil[125]
2014- International film Festival IVAHM'14 Madrid, Spain[126]
2014- Kaohsiung Film Festival, Taipei, Taiwan[127]
2014- Khaneh Cinema Celebration (House of Cinema), Tehran, Iran[119]
2014- Naoussa International Film Festival, Greece[128]
2014- The Best Film for Adults at the Festival TOFUZI, Batumi, Georgia
Red Mind
2009- CINEMA VERITE International Documentary Film Festival, Tehran, Iran[129]
2009- Khaneh Cinema Celebration (House of Cinema), Tehran, Iran[6]
Sistan Itinerary
2011- Cinema Verite (The Annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival), Tehran, Iran[130]
The Lights
2011- CINEMA VERITE International Documentary Film Festival, Tehran, Iran[39]
Internationale
2017- CURTASTIK international film festival, Barcelona, Spain[131]
2017- CINETORO film festival, Bolivia[132]
Essence
2017- CURTASTIK film festival, Barcelona, Spain[131]
Official selections
And just a part of his official selection are as follow:
Empty View
2017- Asia Rainbow Film Festival, Beijing, China[110]
2017- Digital Griffix Film Festival, Canada[111]
Coming Week
2017- Harrogate Film Festival, England[133]
2016- FIA Festival Internacional Audiovisual, Chia, Colombia
2016- SABC Ekurhuleni International Film Festival, South Africa
Dad's Fragile Doll
2016- Animation Day in Cannes, France[134]
2017- Open World Animation Festival, Pennsylvania, USA
2017- The millennial film festival 2017 nominated (best animation and best short film), Texas, USA[135]
2017- Los Angeles Cinefest, USA[136]
2014- International Animation Festival “Golden Kuker-Sofia” Bulgaria[137]
2014- Animation competition at Kinofest, Bucharest, Romania[138]
The Lives Of Others
2017- The Back Alley Artists Night, Vancouver, Canada[139]
2015- Blackbird Film Fest, New York, USA
2016- 29 Girona Film Festival, Spain[140]
2015- OISFF International Film, Seoul, South Korea[46]
2015- International Film Visionario, Udine, Italy[46]
Umbilical Cord
2016- Goldensun Short Film Festival, Zebbug, Malta[141]
2015- Experimental Superstars Film Festival, Novi Sad, Serbia[142]
2015- Ozark Shorts, LA, USA[143]
Jump In Love
2016- Lima Bean Film Fest, St Louise, USA[113]
2016- Comicpalooza Film Festival, Houston, USA[144]
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