Hadi Afarideh

Khatere Niavaran
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The Memory of Niavaran

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh
Director of Photography: Mohammad Asheghi
Film Editor: Hamid Najafi Rad
Sound Recorder: Mohammad Reza Sarmadi
With: Jamal Shah Hosseini - Ali Gorgi - Mohammad Reza Moradi
Music by: Hamid Reza Afarideh
Research Consultants: Reza Dabiri Nejad - Zahra Habibizad
Editing Consultant: Majid Asheghi
Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Fard
Sound Editor: Hamid Najafi Rad
Kamancheh Player: Hamid Reza Afarideh
Still Photography: Mohammad Hamidi - Fatemeh Akbari - Reza Maleki
Assistant Photographer: Mehdi Ghassemi
Assistant Sound Recorder: Mohammad Amir Ahmadi
Produced & designed by: Documentary & Experimental Film Center & Hadi Afarideh
Format: HD
Running Time : (Min) 27

Synopsis : On December 15th, 1979, The last Persian king, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, left Iran with his queen & family following nationwide unrest & protests.
Nearly 20 days afterwards, on February 1st, Ayatollah Khomeini returned to his homeland and under his leadership, more than 2500 years of monarchy came to an end with the Islamic Revolution in 1979.
Since his arrival, Imam Khomeini was determined to establish his own administration; so the revolutionary forces took over all ministeries, governmental organisations, houses & royal palaces that formerly belonged to the Shah & his companions.
This documentary is going to review –after 30 years- the events leading to the overtaking of the Shah’s most important palace, Niavaran.

Naghl -e- gordafarid
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The Story of Gordafarid

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh
Film Editor: Hamid Najafirad
Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani
Sound Recorder: Ali Alaie
Research Consultants; Mohammad Tahaminejad & Gordafarid
Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared
Still Photographer: Hamidreza Afarideh
Sound Editing: hamid Najafirad
Assistant Directors: Pantea Habili - Ali Nematollahi
Assistant Photographer: Navid Solati
Assistant Sound Recorder: Mohammadreza Sarmadi
Research films:Hadi Afarideh - Vahid Roozbehani
Archive Photos: Ebrahim Hessari - Zohreh Sadrinejad
Research Sources: - Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh - Play in Iran, by Bahram Beizaei -Theatre in Iran, by Behrooz Gharibpoor
Cast: Master Valiollah Torabi - Master Mohammad Maddahi - Gholamali Poorataei - Mohammadmorad Abbaspour - Fariborz Abbaspour - Ebrahim Abbaspour - Mohammad Abbaspour - Reza Emaminejad - Jamshid Emaminejad &Fatemeh Habibizad(Gordafarid)
Produced & designed by:
Hadi Afarideh & Documentary & Experimental Film Center

Format: DVcam
Running Time : (Min) 34
 
Synopsis : Naqali (Musical Narration) is an Iranian traditional solo theatre in which only men are allowed to perform. As a matter of fact, it's been forbidden for women to appear in a Naqali performance. The place for this theatre has usually been teahouses & public squares. A Naqali  play is called a Scroll. The Scrolls are derived from ancient legends or historical stories, as well as Shahnameh (The Book of Kings), written by the greatest Iranian epic writer, Ferdowsi, who is widely classified along with Homer. This documentary recounts the story of the very first female Naqal in Persian history, Fatemeh Habibizad, aka Gordafarid.

Pedar
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Father

Director: Hadi Afarideh
Screenwriter: Nima Abbaspour (based on Hadi Afarideh's idea)
Film Editor: Arash Rasafi
Director of Photography:  Abbas Fathi Ashkani
Sound Recorder: Reza Sameni
Music: Ankino Darsh
Still Photographer: Ali Oghazian
Assistant Directors: Khalid Karoon Latifi
Monshi Sahneh: Pantea Habili
Arrangement: Maral Mokhtari
Assistant Photographer: Reza Taher Azar, Saeid Ramezanian
Production Manager: Hamid Reza Afarideh, Azam Sadeghi Monfared
Back stage cinematographer: Ima Estemrari
Artists : Mikaieel Shahrestani, Sedigheh Kianfar, Ali Milani, Hadis Madani, Masoud Zonoozirad, Nazanin Mahimani, Leila Mirzaiee, and Morteza Jazab.
Producer: Iran Youth Cinema Association

Format: DVcam
Running Time : (Min) 10
 
Synopsis : The mother of a family goes for obstetrical sonography. The sex of the foetus is not clear. After giving birth to the child the father does not like to take the girl kid home.

Maraseme Sobhgahi
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The Morning Ceremony

Designer, researcher & Director:      Hadi Afarideh
Film Editor: Loqman Khaledi
Director of Photography: Ashkan Ashkani
Sound Recorder: Reza Taherazar
Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared
Still Photographer: Hadi Afarideh
Sound Editing: Loqman Khaledi
Assistant Directors: Khalid Karoon Latifi
Cast: Lila Mirzaie – Sepideh Gholami
Produced & designed by: Hadi Afarideh

Format: DVcam
Running Time : (Min) 10
 
Synopsis :  Every day, the girl students of the elementary schools in Teheran have to take part in the morning ceremony. Those who are late will be punished.

Zire Derakhtane Kaj
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Under The Pine Trees

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh
Film Editor: Farhang Adamiat – Nilofar Mahloji
Director of Photography: Hadi Afarideh - Payam Azizi & Ashkan Ashkani
Sound Recorder: Hadi Afarideh
Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared
Still Photographer: Hadi Afarideh
Sound Editing: Atbin Hoosini
Assistant Directors: Mehri Norani
Arrangement: Hamidreza Afarideh – Hasan Afarideh
Cast: Ladan Sahraie – Ima stemrari & Mahaia Petrosian
Produced & designed by: Hadi Afarideh & Atbin Film

Format:  Mini DV
Running Time : (Min) 30
 
Synopsis : Ladan Sahraie a deaf mute twenty year old girl dreams to become an important filmmaker. That’s why she works in Iranian movies.

Farzandan Baghcheban
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The Baghcheban’s Children

Designer, researcher & Director: Hadi Afarideh
Film Editor: Mohammad Reza Taheri
Director of Photography:
Banafsheh Zareii, Babak Behdad, Hadi Afarideh
Sound Recorder: Reza Sameni
Production Manager: Amir Zendedelan
Still Photographer: Fereshte Smaeli 
Sound Editing: Mohammad Reza Taheri
Assistant Directors: Nilofar Mahloji
Assistant Photographer: Saedeh Ajorbandian
Arrangement: Hamid Reza Afarideh – Hasan Afarideh - Azam Sadeghi Monfared
Produced & designed by:
Hadi Afarideh & Iran Youth Cinema Association

Format: Mini DV 
   Running Time : (Min) 17

Synopsis : A review of the life and cultural and artistic activities of the deaf girl students of Baghchehban schools, whom they believe that Imam Reza will cure later                  Top 

Narenji
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ORANGE - COLORED

Director: Hadi Afarideh
Screenwriter: Hadi Afarideh
Film Editor: Shahed Ahmadloo
Director of Photography:  Reza khamseh
Sound Recorder: Hadi Afarideh
Music: Amir Poorkhalaji
Still Photographer: Ali Oghazian – Sanaz Bakhtiarjam
Production Manager: Azam Sadeghi Monfared
Assistant Directors:  Pantea Habili
Arrangement: Hamidreza Afarideh – Hasan Afarideh
Assistant Photographer: Morteza Poorheidari
Artists  Amir Zendedelan - Raha Nor Mohammadi – Misam Kafaie – Elnaz Aram – Forozande Agahi – Mehr Nosh Rampour – Mehdi Baniasadi – Arash Adami
Producer: Hadi Afarideh

Format:  DVcam
Running Time : (Min) 10

Synopsis : Dreams, and happenings of life of a young garbage man       Top

Hadi Afarideh : Director's Filmography

Hadi Afarideh, born in Tehran, started his artistic career in 1998 as a theatre playwright and director. Since then he has worked with well-known theatre directors such as Dr Ghotbeddin Sadeghi, Behzad Farahani, Hadi Marzban, Mikael Shahrestani, etc. He also started his filmmaking career in 2001 through the Iranian Youth Cinema’s Association –based in Tehran. He has since accomplished different photography and casting projects in more than 50 short film & documentaries. He then collaborated with a German director, Witt Helmer, for the casting of his international project. He was selected as the Best Documentary Maker at the first Iranian Documentary Makers’ Specialised Workshop (2006), and by the end of 2007, he won several directing prizes in more than 40 national and international festivals. He was also a member of the selection committee and the jury of Bagh Ferdow’s Week of Cinema (2008). He currently is an active member of Iranian Documentary Makers’ Association and Iranian Short Film Association. His films have been seen and awarded in more than 50 national & international festivals. He has also written many scripts, several of which have been awarded on different occasions (A Season of Rain, Under the Pine Trees, Morning Ceremony, etc.)
He was a member of the selection committee for the 1st Cultural Week of Bagh Ferdows (dedicated to Short Films & Documentaries), 2008, and also a member of the selection committee for the 12th Annual Celebration of the Iranian House of Cinema (Experimental and Feature Short Films’ section).
He was a member of the jury of the 2nd Image of Ashoora symposium in the Documentary & experimental Film Center, Tehran, Iran, 2008
He’s an active member of the Short Film Society in the House of Cinema and also a member of Iranian Documentary makers Association in the House of Cinema.