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Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi

Actor, Writer, Director

Born July 16, 1969 in Tehran, Iran

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Biography

Mani Haghighi (b.1969, Tehran) studied philosophy at McGill University, Montreal before returning to Iran to make films. His first feature, Abadan (2003) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His screenplay for Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday (2006, co-written with the director) won the Special Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival, Nantes. His second feature film, Men at Work (Berlinale, Forum 2006) won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2007 Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong) and the Best Screenplay Prize in the international section of the Fajr Film Festival (Tehran). Canaan (2008), based on a short story by Alice Munro, was followed by two documentary films on the works of the acclaimed Iranian director, Dariush Mehrjui: Hamoon’s Fans (2007), about the curious lives of six Iranians who are devoted fans of Mehrjui’s 1989 film, “Hamoon”, and Dariush Mehrjui: The Forty Year Report (2012), a feature length documentary about Mehrjui’s life and works. His fourth feature film, Modest Reception (Berlinale, Forum 2012), received the NETPAC Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the Free Spirit Award at the Warsaw Film Festival, the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes at the OSIAN’s Cinefan Festival in New Delhi as well as a few other international prizes. Haghighi has also acted in several films, including Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly (Berlinale, competition 2009) and Nima Javidi’s Melbourne (2014), as well as his own film, Modest Reception.

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12 wins and 23 nominations

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Filmography

Actor

22

Type

Year

Meet the Witch Poster

Meet the Witch Feature Film2024

May You Cry Poster

May You Cry Feature Film2022

Amphibious Poster

Amphibious Feature Film2020Mr. Seifi

The Slaughterhouse Poster

The Slaughterhouse Feature Film2020Motevalli

The Warden Poster

The Warden Feature Film2019Colonel Modabber

Unsophisticated Poster

Unsophisticated Feature Film2019Boss

We Are All Together Poster

We Are All Together Feature Film2019Captain Shademan

Sly Feature Film2018Vosoogh

Negar Feature Film2017Vahid Behtash

The Good, the Bad, the Corny Poster

The Good, the Bad, the Corny Feature Film2017Mani Haghighi

50 Kilos of Sour Cherries Poster

50 Kilos of Sour Cherries Feature Film2016Doctor

A Dragon Arrives! Poster

A Dragon Arrives! Feature Film2016Self

BAHER Her Mind Poster

BAHER Her Mind Short Film2016

I Feature Film2016

Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography Poster

Gohar Kheirandish a Filmography Feature Film2015

Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others Poster

Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz and Others Feature Film2014Mani Rad

Melbourne Poster

Melbourne Feature Film2014Mr. Mosayebi

Modest Reception Poster

Modest Reception Feature Film2012Kaveh

Beloved Sky Poster

Beloved Sky Feature Film2011

No Men Allowed Poster

No Men Allowed Feature Film2011Pariya's father

About Elly Poster

About Elly Feature Film2009Amir

Syndicate of Criminals Poster

Syndicate of Criminals Feature FilmSasan

Writer

9

Subtraction Poster

Subtraction Feature Film2022

Pig Feature Film2018

50 Kilos of Sour Cherries Poster

50 Kilos of Sour Cherries Feature Film2016

A Dragon Arrives! Poster

A Dragon Arrives! Feature Film2016

Modest Reception Poster

Modest Reception Feature Film2012

Canaan Feature Film2008

Fireworks Wednesday Poster

Fireworks Wednesday Feature Film2006

Men at Work Poster

Men at Work Feature Film2006

Abadan Feature Film2004

Director

8

Subtraction Poster

Subtraction Feature Film2022

Pig Feature Film2018

50 Kilos of Sour Cherries Poster

50 Kilos of Sour Cherries Feature Film2016

A Dragon Arrives! Poster

A Dragon Arrives! Feature Film2016

Modest Reception Poster

Modest Reception Feature Film2012

Canaan Feature Film2008

Men at Work Poster

Men at Work Feature Film2006

Abadan Feature Film2004

Producer

3

Pig Feature Film2018

A Dragon Arrives! Poster

A Dragon Arrives! Feature Film2016

Modest Reception Poster

Modest Reception Feature Film2012

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Everybody Knows Poster

Everybody Knows Feature Film2018

Woods Short Film2015

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