Raya Nasiri ( رایا نصیری ) born on 6 June 1971 in Tehran. She is an actress and an Iranian filmmaker and the former member of Young Cineastes House, She is graduated from Tehran Filmmaking Institute in Cinema Directing. She has completed acting and photography courses; she also has played in several movies and television series, worked as a director assistant and planning manager in numerous movie projects. She has written, directed and edited several short films including: Fight Thou Earthly On
...e, Metallic-volume. Her short film Fight Thou Earthly One has been presented in many domestic and international festivals and has received Best film award in International Baran Festival and it was the selected film by the board of the jury Raya has directed two long social Documentaries: One Moment- My daughter, Baran ,Farnaz. One moment one of her documentaries won the Best Social Documentary Prize at the Cinema Verite (Iran International Documentary Film Festival). She is currently pre-producing her first long film project.Raya Nasiri has been a Actor in some movies:
Fight Thou Earthly One is about that A devastating explosion marks the beginning of this harrowing short from director Raya Nasiri. A woman and her young child are trapped under the rubble of an obliterated building. As the mother struggles to free herself, the plaintive cries of her child pierce the air. It is not clear if the two will escape with their lives from the claustrophobic confines of the debris. In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Arman Mamizadeh.
Metallic Volume is about that Raya Nasiri's short film passes wonderfully through a mix of emotional states, providing the audience with an unresolved but poignant encounter with a difficult issue. When a young girl mysteriously appears in the back of a woman's car, her initial confusion quickly turns to peace, and a painful dilemma suddenly becomes much simpler. Yet this strange occurrence may not be the hope that she needed, and the peace she feels may only be a prelude to a dark fate. In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Helia Refaie, Bayram Fazli, Mohammad Shahverdi, Naser Refaie.
The Boot is about that The mischievous Samaneh is desperate for a new pair of red boots, and cajoles her mother into buying them for her. However, disaster strikes when she loses one of the boots when riding the bus. What ensues is a quest across Tehran as Samaneh and her mother try to find it. Mohammad Ali Talebi directs this simplistic, fable-like story, and his extensive experience of working with children shines through. An elegant tale of life’s losses and triumphs, 'The Boot' introduces a vivid world seen through the eyes of a child. In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Mohammad Ali Talebi, Mohammad Reza Aligholi, Farhad Saba, Hassan Hassandoust, Mahmoud Samakbashi, Rubik Mansouri, Samaneh Jafar Jalali, Ali Atashkar, Shaghayegh Eslami, Zahra Hadipour, Abbas Kazaei, Mehdi Amani, Bijan Moradi Kermani, Mohsen Fakhari, Hossein Hosseini.
Daughter ... Mother ... Daughter is about that Sun shines on pinion trees. Pinions are dancing in movement. The woman remembers that she got married by these pinions to his husband. In those days pinions were sapling. The woman talked with her man, ran childish, she fell in love with him. Her man planted these trees. One of the trees is going to dry. In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Behrouz Shahamat, Movahhed Shadrou, Omid Raeisdana, Panah Bar Khoda Rezaei, Khadijeh Rahimi, Sedigheh Nazari, Jamileh Rahimi, Saman Shahamat, Reza Ahmadnia, Mehdi Rezaei.
Rain Was Falling is about that Azar, a traditional wife and a protective mother, has previously agreed with her husband, Iraj, to get a divorce when their only daughter marries. She regards this divorce a disgrace, but accepts it reluctantly. Iraj goes into a coma in a car accident. Now Azar faces the dilemma of giving in and leaving her husband to her old romantic rival or going on and fighting for her marital life. In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Golchehreh Sajadiye, Mohammad Abbasi, Mehdi Ahmadi, Dariush Ayari, Hossein Abolsedgh, Hossein Bashash, Sara Ahani, Hamid Reza Afshar, Malek Jahan Khazaee, Roya Mohaghgh, Ali Safikhani, Reza Salami, Catherine Aslani, Mehdi Shadizadeh, Sayna Rezanejad, Abdollah Tahmasbi, Asghar Moradtalab, Arian Lotfalian, Maryam Shokraei.
We Only Live Twice is about that Siyamak is a minibus driver in Tehran. On the verge of his 40th birthday, he has decided to do everything that he’s ever longed to do, including visiting Dr. Ahmadi, who’s once been his favorite girl in university but he’s never had the chance to confess his feelings for her and also finding a man who was the reason he got fired from work and taking revenge on him. Siyamak doesn’t have more than a few days to do all of these. because he believes that on the day of his birth, he will die. In the midst of all these, he meets a young and beautiful girl, Shahrzad, who becomes the reason for his rising hopes. When the girl sees Siyamak’s indifference, she disappears. Siyamak has found a ray of hope with her presence in his life, without being able to find her… In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Negar Javaherian, Ramin Rastad, Behrooz Hashemian, Behnam Behzadi, Yadollah Najafi, Bayram Fazli, Hossein Alizadeh, Amir Hossein Ghasemii, Ebadollah Karimi, Alireza Aghakhani, Mansoureh Yazdanjou, Hamidreza Lavafi, kurosh Alizadeh.
Raya Nasiri has been a Director in some movies:
Deja Vu is about that Sara and Farhad meet each other after years of separation; They have to make a new decision... In this film Raya Nasiri collaborates with Marzieh Vafamehr, Mehdi Ahmadi, Helia Refaie, Roya Afshar, Melody Aram Niya, Ali Mohammad Ghassemi, Hossein Bashash, Bamdad Afshar, Mehdi Shadizadeh, Arash Ghasemi, Nima HasanDoust, Gita Shokri, Alireza Shadizadeh, Farzan Ehsani, Siamak Ba Hojb, Samineh Pahlevani Zadeh, Arash Faraji, Masih Lotf Doust, Behrang Dezfooli Zade.
Other films are:
The Exam, Who We Are, Daughter…Father…Daughter, When Pomegranates Howl, Private, Another Morning
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