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
Biennials and Museums & New Art
Sharjeh Biennial
Istanbul Biennial
Documenta 11 ( Germany)
Museum of the Contemporary Art (MAK), Vienna
Victoria & Albert Museum (London)
Kamper ( France) / Tokyo / Madrid / Toronto
►PHOTOGRAPHY
Selected Photo Exhibitions:
Romania : 1981& 1987
Inter press photo 1984-1985
Asahi Shimbon ( Japan): 1987-1988
China: 1987-1988
Zagreb: 1988
Germany (Bifota): 1989
World Press Photo: 1991
Saint Etienne: 1995
Paris ( Mois de la Photo): 1996
Paris ( FNAC Photo Gallery): 2000
London ( Barbican Center):2000
Paris (Regards Persans):2001
Bamako ( Mali):2001
Sharjah Biennal: 2003
Istanbul Biennal: 2003
France (Kamper):2004
M.I.L.K Photo Exhibition
Denmark(Charlottenberg Exhibition Hall): 2005
London (Xerxes Art Gallery): 2008
Milan: 2009
Tehran (Gallery No6): 2010
Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts
Smithsonian Museum