FARBOD ARDEBILI
FARBOD ARDEBILI
EDUCATION
BA in Theater Directing.
MFA in Dramatic Literature (Full Scholarship)
MFA in Motion Pictures Productions (Graduate Assistantship) - USA
FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS, NOMINATIONS, AND HONORS (not the full list):
(Only pieces that I have been the Director and Writer and Music Composer are mentioned below. I have also worked on other projects as Animator and Art director that have participated and won awards at more than 100 Prestigious Film Festivals.)
Fellowship Winner at SUNDANCE
Fellowship Winner at Taliesin Nexus
Nominated for Loup Argenté Award at Festival Du Nouveau Cinema (OSCAR Qualifying Film Festival)
Nominated for Best Short Film at Kerry Film Festival
Received Honorable mention for best Tv Pilot Episode from American Movie Awards
Finalist at Oaxaca Film Festival's Global Script Challenge
Winner at Oaxaca Film Festival Industry Partners Program
Nominated for Best Art Direction and Best Drama Feature Film and Winner of Best Experimental Project at Action On Film Festival
Nominated for Best Fan Film at Florida Supercon
Official Selection of KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival
Finalist for Best TV Pilot Episode at Moondance Film Festival
Winner of Best Animation and Best Fan Film at Oniros Film Festival
Nominated for Best Fan Film at UASIAFF
Winner of Silver Remi award for First Feature Film at Worldfest-Houston
Winner of Bronze Remi award for Graduate Film at Worldfest-Houston
Winner of Best Animation and Best Music at UM Canes Film Festival
Winner of the award of Recognition at IndieFest
Nominated at Ozark Shorts Fest
Nominated at San Fransisco Global Film Fest
Nominated at Humphry Bogart Film Fest
Showcased at Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel/the Oscar Room at an event organized by the University of Miami called Canes' Best
Nominated at NOLA - O Cinema Wynwood
Started the show at "Iran en art vidéo" and "Projections à la Maison d’Haïti"
AND MANY MORE...
PRESS LINKS (not the full list):
KICKSTARTER (successfully funded):