Amir Azizi

Amir Azizi
امیر عزیزی
Azizi in 2015
Born1984 (age 40–41)
Ahvaz, Iran
OccupationFilmaker

Amir Azizi (Persian: امیر عزیزی; born in 1984) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.

Life and career

Born in Ahvaz, Azizi started his career as an assistant director, collaborating among others with Rakhshan Banietemad and Kianoush Ayari.[1]

After directing several shorts and documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 2014, with Temporary.[1] The film was entered into the main competition at the Beijing International Film Festival,[2] and won the Special Jury Prize at the MedFilm Festival.[1][3] In 2020, he directed Two Dogs, which was screened at the 37th Warsaw Film Festival,[4] and received a special jury mention prize at the 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival.[5]

In 2025, Azizi's third work Inside Amir premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar, winning the section's main prize, the Director's Award.[6][7] For this film, Azizi got a nomination for best director at the 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[8]

Filmography

Accolades

Award Ceremony date Category Work Result Ref.
Bengaluru International Film Festival 11 March 2022 Special Jury Mention Prize Two Dogs Won [5]
Venice International Film Festival 6 September 2025 Giornate degli Autori Director's Award Inside Amir Won [6]
Asia Pacific Screen Awards 27 November 2025 Best Director Pending [8]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Iranian film "Inside Amir" receives Venice Days top prize". Tehran Times. 6 September 2025. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ^ Shackleton, Liz (7 April 2015). "Beijing film festival unveils 15 competition titles". Screen International. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  3. ^ "'Impermanent' wins Jury Special Prize in Italian festival". Mehr News Agency. 16 November 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  4. ^ "Warsaw hosting 'Two Dogs' from Iran". ifilm-آیفیلم. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. ^ a b "Iran's "Absence", "Two Dogs" honored at Bengaluru Intl. Film Festival". Tehran Times. 12 March 2022. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  6. ^ a b Szalai, Georg (5 September 2025). "Venice Days Top Prize Awarded to Amir Azizi's 'Inside Amir'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ^ Dalton, Ben (5 September 2025). "'Inside Amir', Greece-UK feature 'Bearcave' among Venice's Giornate degli Autori winners". Screen International. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b Ramachandran, Naman (15 October 2025). "'Samsara,' 'It Was Just an Accident,' 'Magellan' Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations". Variety. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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