Shahin Parhami
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Parhami in 2013 | |
Born | 1967 |
Died | 13 March 2021 | (aged 53–54)
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Alma mater | Concordia University (B.F.A) |
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Years active | 1997–2021 |
Shahin Parhami (Persian: شاهين پرهامى, born 1967) was an Iranian-Canadian film director, writer, editor, and cinematographer based in Montreal, Quebec.[1][2][3] He is best known for his work on the documentaries Amin and Shahrzaad's Tale.[4][5]
Life and career
[edit]Parhami was born in Shiraz, Iran in 1967[6] and immigrated to Canada in 1988, where he studied film first at Carleton University in Ottawa, later earning his B.F.A in Film Production from Concordia University in Montreal.[7] He started his film career with the early trilogy, Nasoot (1997), Lahoot (1998), and Jabaroot (2003).[8][9]
In 2010, Parhami's documentary AMIN, which chronicles the efforts of a Qashqai violinist to preserve his community's musical traditions, won the Award of Excellence at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival.[10] In 2015, his film Shahrzaad's Tale, about an iconic star of popular Iranian cinema, was nominated for Best Feature Documentary at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards.[11] His work has received acclaim from film critics. Peter Rist praises "the challenging, experimental approach to film form that he consistently adopts."[12] A new film, Marcel, centers the art and life of a major Canadian sculptor and is currently in post-production.[13] It is set for release in 2021, along with his feature fiction debut, Every Angel is Terrifying.[14]
Parhami passed away from a rare and aggressive cancer called plasma cell leukemia in Montreal on 13 March 2021.[15][16][17] Parhami leaves behind his brother and sister, nieces and nephews, and a wide circle of friends.
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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1997 | Nasoot | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
1998 | Lahoot | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2002 | Amnesia | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2003 | Jabaroot | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2004 | Raga Malkauns | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2007 | Faces | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2009 | Shiraz 1340... | Director/Producer | |
2010 | Amin | Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2015 | Shahrzaad's Tale | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2021 | Marcel | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer | |
2021 | Every Angel is Terrifying | Writer/Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer |
References
[edit]- ^ Nathan, Archana (23 July 2015). "Against the grain". The Hindu. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "The Many Tales of Shahrzaad's Tale: An Interview with Shahin Parhami". offscreen.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "An Interview with Shahin Parhami (Director)". yidff.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Amin". idfa.nl. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Amin". indiewire.com. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "SHAHIN PARHAMI EVENING". saffm. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "Shahin Parhami". vtape.org. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Film Experts Examine Persian Culture through the Cinematic Lens". shangrilahawaii.org. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Jabaroot". hotdocs.ca. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "YIDFF 2011". yidff.jp. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Poetry, or the Power of Existence: Shahin Parhami's "Shahrzaad's Tale"". ajammc.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "R.I.P. Film (not "Cinema"), 2011: Montreal, the year in review". offscreen.com. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ "Friendship between Holocaust survivor, Iranian filmmaker revealed in documentary". montreal.ctvnews.ca. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Cinq conditions pour faire l'expérience de la poésie Every Angel Is Terrifying par Shahin Parhami". erudit.org. Retrieved 2020-08-25.
- ^ "Centre Culturel Kabir présente STEM CELL with English subtitles - Du 19 au 28 novembre 2021 - Lepointdevente.com". lepointdevente.com (in French). Retrieved 23 August 2022.
- ^ "شاهین پرهامی، سینماگر، درگذشت". khabaronline.ir. 15 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ Totaro, Donato. "Shahin Parhami: Showing Us the Way". offscreen.com. Retrieved 23 August 2022.
External links
[edit]- Living people
- Iranian documentary film directors
- Canadian documentary film directors
- Iranian documentary film producers
- Iranian emigrants to Canada
- Iranian film editors
- Film directors from Montreal
- Writers from Montreal
- 20th-century Canadian screenwriters
- 21st-century Canadian screenwriters
- 20th-century Iranian writers
- 21st-century Iranian writers
- 1967 births
- Canadian documentary film producers
- Screenwriters from Quebec