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Reza Parsa

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1968|06|09}}

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

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| awards = Ingmar Bergman Award

| years_active = 1991 - present

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Reza Parsa (born 9 June 1968) is an Iranian-Swedish film director, who has won many national and international awards.

Early life and education

Reza Parsa was born in Tehran, Iran, on 9 June 1968, and moved to Sweden in 1980.{{cite web | title=Reza Parsa | website=Swedish Film Database | date=9 June 1968 | url=https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/en/item/?type=person&itemid=207403#biography | access-date=9 May 2024}}

At the age of 22, he was admitted to the directing program at the National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, Never (Gränsen), in the history of the school.

Career

Before the Storm Parsa's first feature film, is a suspense thriller which achieved great critical success and was sold to 35 countries worldwide, including the United States.

Parsa works with screenwriter Johan Bergman Lindfors.

Awards

Parsa has won many national and international awards, including the Ingmar Bergman Award, the Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and prizes in Cannes Film Festival, Brasília, Seattle, Chicago, and San Sebastian.

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align="left"| Guldbagge Awards, Swedish Film Institutealign="left"| Ingmar Bergman Award (2002)
align="left"| Uppsala International Short Film Festivalalign="left"| Uppland Film Trust Award
align="left"| Copenhagen International Film Festivalalign="left"| New Nordic Talent
align="left"| San Sebastian International Film Festival (Youth Jury Award)align="left"| Best Film
align="left"| San Sebastian International Film Festivalalign="left"| Best Director (2000)
align="left"| Seattle International Film Festivalalign="left"| Special Jury Prize
align="left"| Brasília Film Festivalalign="left"| Special Jury Prize
align="left"| Children and Young People's International Film Festival (BUFF) in Swedenalign="left"| Grand Prix
align="left"| Swedish Film Academy: Kurt Linder Memorial Fund Grantalign="left"|(2000)
align="left"| Cannes International Film Festival (Young Critics' Award)align="left"| Best Short Film
align="left"| Isfahan International Short Film Festivalalign="left"| Best Film
align="left"| Chicago International Film Festivalalign="left"| Best Short Fiction
align="left"| Student Academy Award (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science)align="left"| Student Oscar - Best Foreign Film
align="left"| International Student Film Festival in Tel-Avivalign="left"| Best Director
align="left"| National Swedish Television (Sveriges Television)align="left"| Steen Priwin Award
align="left"| Nordic Panorama (Audience Award)align="left"| Best Film
align="left"| Nordic Panorama (Honorary Jury Award)align="left"| Best First Film
align="left"| International School Film Festival in Mexicoalign="left"| Best Film
align="left"| International School Film Festival in Mexico (Catholic Church Award)align="left"| Best Film
align="left"| Uppsala International Short Film Festivalalign="left"| Best Fiction Film
align="left"| Henri Langlois International Film Festivalalign="left"| Best Director
align="left"| International Festival of Film Schools - Munich (Young Talent Award)align="left"| Best Film (1995)
align="left"| International Festival of Film Schools - Munichalign="left"| Honorary Screenplay Award (1995)

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Selected filmography

=Director=

  • The Haga Man (Hagamannen) (2009)
  • Meeting Evil (Möte med Ondskan) (2002)
  • Before the Storm (Före Stormen) (2000)
  • The 8th Song (Den 8:e Sången) (1998)
  • Tigerheart (Tigerhjärta) (1997)
  • Never (Gränsen) (1995)

=Screenwriter=

  • Meeting Evil (Möte med Ondskan) (2002)
  • Before the Storm (Före Stormen) (2000)
  • The 8th Song (Den 8:e Sången) (1998)
  • Never (Gränsen) (1995)

=Concept creator=

  • Aviation (2003)
  • Belas Dukkehus (2003)
  • It's All Good (2003)
  • Min Velsignede Bror (2003)
  • Det Ulogiske Instrument (2003)

References

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External links

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Category:1968 births

Category:Living people

Category:Swedish film directors