amir aghababaian

He is a Film & TV Director, Writer, and editor with 28 years of professional experience. He has a record of accomplishment working with International film festivals, Organizations, such as UNHCR, (...) Berlinale, and Documenta Madrid in Spain, Germany, India, and China. He got his diploma in pottery at Isfahan Art school. His main amateur activities during youthful years were focused on photography, graphics, playing roles in theatre, and making 8mm short films. He graduated from the Tehran University of Art with a degree in Dramatic Literature. At the same time, he started his professional career as a director and editor for TV documentary series. his first feature motion picture, "Mermaid " is a story about environmental activists & oil pollution in southern Iran and the Persian Gulf. To get permission from government offices, he rewrote the script 11 times & they censored it again during shooting, from his point of view, it is not a completed film. the film does not screen in public cinemas and received several awards from international film festivals in India and China.