Karim Lakzadeh (born in 1986) is an Iranian filmmaker and playwright. In 2004, he graduated from Theater School where he studied writing for theatre and cinema along with directing for TV. His play The Fortress won him the Best Experimental Theater Prize, 2008, Tehran. Karim Lakzadeh has directed 6 short films that have been screened in Iran, amongst them Jila (2014) was screened at many film festivals and fetched him international exposure. Jila was given a special mention by the Short Film Jur
...y at the 29th Fribourg International Film Festival, France in 2015.Karim Lakzadeh has been a Director in some movies:
Scissor is about that Rama, a zealous sensitive youth of 28, has blinded his girlfriend in a fight with scissors. He is going to be sentenced to lex talionis (blinding of one of his eyes) in the court tomorrow. The night before the hearing, his influential father bails him out for one night by paying a lot of money, so Rama can be with his family the last night. But Rama has other plans. He takes the opportunity and helped by a friend, he goes to the south of Iran as a camera operator with a filming group to exit the country illegally. He makes a mistake and takes money from the bank and the police trace him. Rama pays money to some smugglers and they send him to a deserted island to wait for a launch that will take him abroad. Fate has something different in store for Rama and he falls for a pregnant woman on the island. In this film Karim Lakzadeh collaborates with Sorush Sehhat, Rabe'e Madani, Abbas Ghazali, Behzad Dorani, Reza Abiat, Mohammadreza Davoudnejad, Sonia Sanjari, Ehsan Fouladifar, Pouyan Sholevar, Mona Mahmoodzadeh, Kamal Hashemi, Fahimeh Sharifi, Hadi Manavipour, Hosna Khanmohamadi, Reza Razm, Amir Bahador Oraie.
Redhead is about that Farhad returns to his birthplace, which is a village in a mountainous area, after years. When a crime occurs in front of him, he enters a jungle seeking the truth, but there are some other people waiting for him. In this film Karim Lakzadeh collaborates with Behzad Dorani, Hossein Ghourchian, Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Ankido Darash, Ali Bagheri, Sonia Sanjari, Pouyan Sholevar, Mona Mahmoodzadeh, Hadi Manavipour, Hosna Khanmohamadi, Reza Razm, Vahid Habibian, Pooyan Ranjbar, Mehdi Rashidi.
Great Dive is about that A fantasy, road- movie regarding Mard and Maryam that embark on an adventure road trip to find their missing along with three others remnant from the circus group. In this film Karim Lakzadeh collaborates with Pegah Ahangarani, Behzad Dorani, Mohammad Reza Shafie, Pedram Sharifi, Sonia Sanjari, Aslan Shahebrahimi, Pouyan Sholevar, Hadi Manavipour, Pooyan Ranjbar, Hamed Nejabat, Sasan Kave.
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