Policy Council

Mohammad Shahbazi

Mohammad Shahbazi is the managing director of Setareh Honar Image Institute. He is a member of the Trade Union of Iranian Film Production Companies and Institutes (IFIC) since 2012. He is a member of the trade union of producers of Iran. Mohammad Shahbazi has been the manager of Nab Film VOD platform for several years. He is currently a member of the trade association of online video companies. For several years, he has been the chairman of the board of directors of Naday Haft Shahab Asman film institute under the management of Shahab Hosseini. And among other activities, he has produced more than forty video and cinema films in his career.

Mahdieh Sharif

Master’s degree in restoration of historical monuments, Isfahan Art University
BA in Photography, Pars Art and Architecture Academy
Researcher of Art Research Institute in “Islamic Art Field Audit Research Project”
Publication of the article “Applicable examination of semiotics in the works of Cesare Brandi” in the international conference of prophetic art
Publication of the article “Study of the Possibilities of Husserl’s Phenomenological Opinions Regarding Audience Encounter” in the 11th Biennial Conference on the Conservation and Restoration of Architectural Works and Ornaments
Publication of the article “Eshri’s standard position in the protection of historical monuments” in the fifth international conference on heating, cooling and air conditioning

Operating activities
Executive Director of Up Studio
The producer and director of the documentary collection of songs of Iran
The editor and photographer of Honar Shepzai and Sanaz Sania magazines and he is also the director of the Fudge Film training center in Iran.

Saeed Shahbazi

Saeed Shahbazi, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Star Image Institute, he has been a consultant for many film projects and has worked as an art director in more than 20 prominent and international projects for about ten years.

علیرضا شادیزاده

Alireza ShadiZadeh

He has been the artistic director of Pishro Parsian Amrdad Institute since 2015 and since the establishment of this festival, it has been a permanent member of the policy-making council.
He has been selected as the Honorary Photographer of the Visual Arts of Iran and about 10 years ago he took an art history course at the University of Vienna.
And for about a few years, photography of the city of Vienna has begun its professional work under the name of collection among cities.
He has been a two-time main juri of the International 5Photo Award.

مهدی شادیزاده

Mehdi ShadiZadeh

Mehdi Shadizadeh is founder of 5Photoaward, he maked Documentary film about Abbas Kiarostami, the name is “Walking with the Wind” and “Single Tree” and “Dejhavoo”. He Attended more than ten domestic and foreign Exhibition…more

Naghmeh Danesh Ashtiani

PR in Iran
Naghmeh Danesh Ashtiani, born in 1980 in Iran, has a master’s degree in cultural studies and has been an activist in art, culture and media for the last three decades. She has worked as an editor in various media platforms and outlets such as Jam-e-Jam, Arman, Tose’e, Mellat, Mehr, Saba, etc. Her background in the field of public relations includes activities at Art and Experience Cinema Institute, the Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers , the Great Festival of Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers association, the Docu-Night platform, the Iran Photo Biennale, the Press Festival, the Tehran Animation Biennale, etc. She was also a media consultant and public relations manager of dozens of films and series in Iranian cinema and television, including Yalda, Dasht-e Khamoosh, “Night, Interior, Wall”, Silent City,Naghmeh Danesh Ashtiani
PR in Iran
Naghmeh Danesh Ashtiani, born in 1980 in Iran, has a master’s degree in cultural studies and has been an activist in art, culture and media for the last three decades. She has worked as an editor in various media platforms and outlets such as Jam-e-Jam, Arman, Tose’e, Mellat, Mehr, Saba, etc. Her background in the field of public relations includes activities at Art and Experience Cinema Institute, the Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers , the Great Festival of Iranian Cinema Critics and Writers association, the Docu-Night platform, the Iran Photo Biennale, the Press Festival, the Tehran Animation Biennale, etc. She was also a media consultant and public relations manager of dozens of films and series in Iranian cinema and television, including Yalda, Dasht-e Khamoosh, “Night, Interior, Wall”, Silent City,Director of public relations of Filmnet platform،
etc.

Farzad Sedighzadeh

Bachelor of Theater, Azad University
Specialized lighting course in Berncolor in Switzerland

Management records
Persona photo studio management
Manager of the professional department of Afomar Company (representative of Canon, Bruncolor, Mamiya…)
Product manager of Niko Tashti company (Nikon representative in Iran)

Current activity
Marketing and sales manager of the camera department of Tehran Fuka Company, representative of Fujifilm in Iran
Dana Nik Aram’s marketing manager