Omid Abdollahi
Directing
Omid Abdollahi is an Iranian director, screenwriter, and editor whose short fiction and documentary films have been screened at numerous international film festivals. His short film Glimmer received a Special Mention from the Jury at the 35th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France and went on to screen at more than twenty international festivals, including the 15th Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Japan and the 21st Arcipelago International Short Film Festival in Italy. In 2015, Abdollahi received the Grand Prize for Best Filmmaker at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival in Japan for his trilogy of short films Bandage, Glimmer, and Hostess. In 2016, his documentary project Winners received both Script Development and Production grants from the IDFA Bertha Fund in Amsterdam. His latest short film, A Sweet Day, was selected as one of eight projects for the Script Pitch and Script Lab sections of the 40th INTERFILM International Short Film Festival Berlin. The film had its world premiere in the International Competition of the 79th Locarno Film Festival. Omid Abdollahi is currently developing his first feature-length fiction film.
Known for
Winners
June 16, 2016
Glimmer
June 17, 2012
Sohrab, a Journey
June 12, 2016
Hostess
April 16, 2014
Roozi Ke Farsi Dashtim
June 6, 2001
Nightly Whispers
November 2, 2021
Bandage
October 12, 2011
Football, Spiritual Style
July 1, 2009
A Sweet Day
August 13, 2026
Between 2 Dreams
October 15, 2008
The Wind Blows
October 18, 2006
Behind the camera11
- 2026A Sweet Day Producer, Writer, Editor, Director
- 2021Nightly Whispers Director, Editor, Writer
- 2016Winners Director, Writer, Editor, Cinematography, Producer
- 2016Sohrab, a Journey Producer, Director, Writer
- 2014Hostess Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 2012Glimmer Director, Co-Producer, Editor, Writer
- 2011Bandage Director, Editor
- 2009Football, Spiritual Style Director, Cinematography, Editor
- 2008Between 2 Dreams Editor, Writer, Director, Producer
- 2006