Farid Mostafavi ( فرید مصطفوی ) is a screenwriter born on the 27 October 1954 in Tehran, Iran. He studied Economics at Tehran University and joined the Institute of Cinema and Television in 1979. He has a long career in both TV and cinema and is known for 'Under the City's Skin' (2001), 'Birthplace' (2009) and 'Mainline' (Khoon bazi) (2006), which received Crystal Simorgh awards at the Fajr Film Festival. In television he has worked as writer, co-producer and assistant director.Farid Mostafavi h
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Under the Skin of the City is about that A valuable visual commentary on modern society, 'Under The Skin Of The City' follows one Iranian family in their eternal struggle to stay afloat financially and emotionally. Touba works hard at a textile factory to make ends meet during the day, returning in the evening to face the trials and tribulations of her family: her pregnant daughter who frequently suffers at the hands of her abusive husband, a son embroiled in radical politics, and another son who hopes to escape to Japan. In their fight for self-determination and independence, Touba and her family come to represent the plight of the working class in modern day Tehran. In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Baran Kosari, Golab Adineh, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Maryam Boubani, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Mahvash Vaghari, Homeira Riazi, Alireza Oosivand, Mehrdad Falahatgar, Nazanin Farahani, Rakhshan Banietemad, Jahangir Kosari, Ebrahim Sheibani, Hossein Jafarian, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Mehri Shirazi, Asghar Shahverdi, Mitra Mahaseni, Omid Mohit.
Junction is about that As the days of several different people unfold, their separate lives are about to become linked by a tragic car crash which kills two women. Affected by their involvement in the accident in different ways, neither Amir or Mr Naseri will ever be the same again. How will the tragedy affect their relationships with those around them in this absorbing drama? In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Bahareh Rahnama, Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Bijan Emkanian, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Shamsi Fazlollahi, Majid Mozaffari, Nayereh Farahani, Sorush Sehhat, Mohsen Ghazi Moradi, Sharareh Dolat Abadi, Khatereh Asadi, Maral Farjad, Elsa Firouz Azar, Afarin Obeisi, Mahvash Vaghari, Reza Radmanesh, Saeed Hajimiri, Abolhassan Davoodi, Nasser Shafagh, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Bahram Dehghan, Mohammad Mokhtari, Sahand Jahedi, Masoud Behnam, Bahram Badakhshani, Amir Esbati, Vahid Razaghi, Alireza Hosseini, Amir Mohammad Zand, Heydar Rezaee, Hossein Roozbeh.
Friday Evening is about that Rejected by her parents for having a baby out of wedlock, Sougand has grown up bitter and resentful towards the world, spending her days wandering aimlessly from place to place. Her son takes after her in his rejection of authority figures, and the two enjoy a distinctly strained relationship. After several years without contact, Sougand's sister Banafsheh decides to find her and reveal a secret which has been kept hidden for many years, one which could mark the beginning of the end for their family. An intimate character study of fragility and penance that is cemented by powerhouse performance from its leads... In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Hanieh Tavassoli, Roya Nonahali, Mehrdad Sedighian, Ramin Rastad, Mona Zand Haghighi, Jahangir Kosari, Hossein Jafarian, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Behrouz Moavenian, Zhila Mehrjui.
Mainline is about that Picking up from her highly successful 'Under the Skin of the City', the mother of Iranian cinema Rakshan Bani-Etemad returns to her artistic city Tehran to document the plight of its drug dependent population. Narrating the spiralling relationship between a mother and her addict daughter, we are presented with all faces of poverty and desperation, as the drugs put an emotional and financial strain on the family. Adopting hand-held camera work, Bani-Etemad continues her realist visual style in this gritty study of urban life. In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Bita Farahi, Masoud Rayegan, Mahmoud Kalari, Rakhshan Banietemad, Mohsen Abdolvahab, Jahangir Kosari, Yadollah Najafi, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Naghmeh Samini, Zhila Mehrjui, Farid Valizadeh, Mitra Mahaseni.
Women's Prison is about that Manijeh Hekmat's controversial film won awards at the Rotterdam and Fribourg film festivals. It tells the harrowing story of Mitra and Mrs Yousefi, two contrasting women on opposite sides of the prison system, during a two decade period starting in 1979. While prisoner Mitra and warden Mrs Yousefi start out feuding, the harsh conditions of the prison and the traumatic events which occur there eventually become larger than their rivalry, drawing them towards an unspoken friendship. A powerful drama with an extremely poignant ending. In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Golab Adineh, Pegah Ahangarani, Roya Nonahali, Roya Teymourian, Maryam Boubani, Manijeh Hekmat, Ebrahim Sheibani, Sirus Taslimi, Dariush Ayari, Mostafa Kherghehpoosh, Mehri Shirazi, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Jamshid Ahangarani Farahani, Amir Abedi, Farkhondeh Farmanizadeh, Keyvan Jahanshahi.
Gilaneh is about that The year is 1988 and Iraqi bombs are falling on Tehran in a bloody chapter of the Iran-Iraq war known as 'The War of the Cities'. In the middle of the conflict we find widow Gilaneh, who has assumed responsibility for her son and pregnant daughter after the death of her husband. When her son-in-law abandons his military post, Gilaneh must venture into the very heart of the capital to find him, and as she is confronted at every turn by the horror and hopelessness of war, she comes to dread that this will not be the first bloodshed she will witness in her lifetime. In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Bahram Radan, Baran Kosari, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Nayereh Farahani, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Niloofar Khoshkholgh, Rakhshan Banietemad, Jaleh Sameti, Morteza Poursamadi, Mohsen Abdolvahab, Saeed Saadi, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Yadollah Najafi, Majid Bahrami, Davoud Yousefian, Mohammad Reza Delpak, Amir Hossein Ghasemii, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Mitra Mahaseni, Mohsen Seyedi.
Tales is about that A series of seven interconnected vignettes about different people dealing with their everyday problems in modern-day Iran. Featuring stories of love between mothers and sons, husbands and wives, and men and women whose affection gives them the hope they need to overcome life's toughest challenges. A poignant, intimate look behind closed doors, as well as a biting examination of modern Iranian society. In this film Farid Mostafavi collaborates with Atefeh Razavi, Baran Kosari, Farhad Aslani, Fatemeh Motamed Aria, Golab Adineh, Mehraveh Sharifinia, Mehdi Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Foroutan, Negar Javaherian, Saber Abar, Habib Rezaei, Rima Raminfar, Shahrokh Foroutanian, Babak Hamidian, Khosrow Shahraz, Rakhshan Banietemad, Payman Maadi, Yadollah Najafi, Koohyar Kalari, Sepideh Abdolvahab, Amir Hossein Ghasemii, Mehrdad Mirkiani, Hassan Majooni, Siamak Adib, Amir Esbati, Siamak Kalantari, Nima Farahi, Mitra Mahaseni, Fojan Arefpour, Ahmad Yavari, Shobeir Parastar.
Other films are:
Where Are My Shoes?, Poisonous Honey, A Dream of the Summer Midnight, Foreign Currency, The Grand Day, Off Limits, Motherland, Autumn, Omid, The Stuntman, Chocolate
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