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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Saeed Roustaee

After graduating from Soore University with a Bachelor in Film and Television, study area Directing, Saeed ROUSTAEE (1989, Iran) made his feature debut Life and a Day in 2015, which won awards at several film festivals. His work primarily focuses on social injustice within Iranian society. For his second feature Just 6.5, Roustaee won the Best Director Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2019.

Filmography

Monday (2011, short), Ceremony (2012, short), Abad va yek Rooz/Life and a Day (2015), Metri shesho nim/Just 6.5 (2019)

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Saeed Roustaee at IFFR

  • Just 6.5

    Fascinating nail-biter of a police drama about drug dealing in Iran where the number of addicts has increased exponentially in recent years.