Kaweh Modiri
Still: MitraKaweh MODIRI (1982, Iran) has lived in the Netherlands since 1988. He majored in Theatre Studies at the University of Amsterdam and graduated from the Image & Language department at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy, also in Amsterdam, with the short film Mijn inbreker en ik (2011). He published his debut novel in 2012, titled Mr. Sadek and Others. In 2016, he released Bodkin Ras, his first feature film, with a premiere at IFFR. His second feature, Mitra (2021), also premiering at IFFR, followed his eponymous novel published in 2020.
Filmography
Mijn inbreker en ik/My Burglar and Me (2011, short), Bodkin Ras (2016), Chimere (2017, TV short), Mitra (2021)
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Kaweh Modiri at IFFR
Mijn inbreker en ik
16'
Netherlands
IFFR 2011
Mijn inbreker en ik
16'
Netherlands
IFFR 2012
Bodkin Ras
79'
Netherlands
IFFR 2016
Mitra
A traumatised mother gets the opportunity to avenge her daughter’s execution in Iran. Is her victim really the perpetrator?
107'
Netherlands
IFFR 2021
Mitra
100'
Netherlands