Hadi Afarideh

Hadi Afarideh

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.