Biography
Saman Salour was born in Boroujerd, Iran in 1976 and graduated in
Film Direction from the Soureh Cinema School in Tehran. He started
his career as a filmmaker by making films at the Iranian Young Cinema
Society. He has been the assistant director and programmer of three
long features and made a number of shorts and documentaries for TV.
Saman Salour was rewarded by several prizes in international film
festivals for his first two feature films.
Films
- Taraneh Tanhaïye Tehran (Lonely Tune of Tehran, 2008)
- Chand kilo
khorma baraye marassem-e tadfin (A few kilos of dates for a funeral,
2006)
- Aramesh ba diazepam dah (Calmness with a diazepam, 2005)
- Fereshteh-ha
roya ra navazesh mikonand (Angels caress dreams, 2004)
- Sakenin-e
sarzamin-e sokout (From land of silence,
2004)
- In yek Sony ast (It’s a Sony , 2002)
- Bad guissovanat ra shaneh
khahad zad (The wind will comb your tresses, 2002)
- Chand daghigheh
sokout (Few minutes of silence, 2002)
- Daghigheh hashtad (Eightieth
minute, 1998)
Major awards
A few kilos of dates for a funeral
- 2006 Nantes Three Continents Festival: Golden
Montgolfiere
From land of silence
- 2005 Sofia International Film Festival: Special Jury Award
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