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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Kaweh Modiri

Kaweh 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 op IFFR

  • Mitra

    Kaweh Modiri | 107' | Denmark | World premiere

    A traumatised mother gets the opportunity to avenge her daughter’s execution in Iran. Is her victim really the perpetrator?
  • Bodkin Ras

    Kaweh Modiri | 79' | Belgium | World premiere

    Life stories of the inhabitants of a Scottish town were incorporated into the screenplay, after which they played themselves. The arrival of a strange
  • Mijn inbreker en ik

    Kaweh Modiri | 16' | Netherlands | None

    A writer/filmmaker decides to stalk the thief of his laptop. Is it a true story? Undoubtedly funny.
  • Mijn inbreker en ik

    Kaweh Modiri | 16' | Netherlands | World premiere

    A writer/filmmaker decides to stalk the thief of his laptop. Is it a true story? Undoubtedly funny.