Seifollah Samadian

● Born in 1954

● B.A. in English literature.

● Started Photography in 1968

● Started Documentary Film Making in 1978

● Publisher & Editor in Chief of TASSVIR (A Magazine for Visual Arts, since 1991)

● Director of Iran Image Publications

● Founder and Director of Tassvir Film Festival & Tassvir Film Center

● Jury member in Fajr Film Festival (1992)

● Co-Curator of “Regards Persans” – Espace Electra, Paris (2001)

● Jury member in Milan Film Festival (2002)

● Jury member in European Short Film Biennial / Germany (2002)

● Documentary film making workshop in Film School of Mexico City(2005)

● Curator of Inner Eye Photo Exhibition

(Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts) (2008)

● Co-Curator of Iranian Pulse (Brazil) (2011)

● Digital Photography and film making Master Class – ( University of Art -Tajikistan) (2011)

►FILMS: (Documentary – Short & Video Art) – ( Director, Cameraman & Editor):

1- Iranian Revolution, 20min – Super 8 (1979)

2- India 82, 20min – Super 8 (1982)

3- Tehran; Fall 83, 20min – Super 8 (1983)

4- The White Station, 9min – Hi 8 (1999)

5- Tehran; The 25th Hour, 20min – Hi 8 (1999)

6- The Art of Killing, 9min – DV Cam (2003)

7- Bam; The 3rd Day, The 10th Day, 16min – DV Cam (2004)

8- The Day You Were not There, 9min – DVCam (2005)

9- Once Upon a Time in Marrakech, 60min – DV Cam ( 2006 )

10- Secrets, 6min – DV Cam (2011)

11- Tehran in Action, 10min – HD (2011)
12- The Entrance, 6min – HD (2011)
13- Trilogy: Tree, 3:30min – HD (2011)
14- Trilogy: Wind, 5min – HD (2011)
15- Car Wash, 1:30min – HD (2011)
16- Jimi Hendrix in Tehran, 2min – HD (2011)
17- A Hot Summer Day, 4mins – HD (2011)

18-Venice Biennial , 5min – HD (2011)
19- The Last Day, 7min -HD (2012)

20- Beyond the Fog, 4min -HD (2012)

21- Havana; After 47 Years, 6min -HD (2012)

22- 5 Short Stories, 20min -HD (2012)

23- A Day in Tehran, 26min – DV Cam (2012)

24- Look at Me, 8min – DV Cam (2012)

25- Like Someone in the Rain , 8.30min -HD (2012)

● ABC Africa (Abbas Kiarostami) as cameraman ( 2001 )

● 5 (Abbas Kiarostami) as cameraman (2003)

● Roads (Abbas Kiarostami) as cameraman (2005)

Film Festivals:

Fadjr / Tribeca / Tokyo / Amsterdam /Leipzig / San Francisco /Thessaloniki / Frankfurt / Marseilles / Bilbao / Batumi / Abu Dhabi / And numerous screenings in universities and cultural centers around the world