Cinema Etemad, Mehrdad Zahedian, documentary maker and president of the documentary cinema directors guild, is the guest of Nardban this week and talks about his years of experience in this field.
The 211th episode of “Nardban” TV show will be aired today, Friday, August 26, on Sima Documentary Network. The special guest of this part of the program is Mehrdad Zahedian, a documentary maker and the head of the Association of Documentary Cinema Directors. In an interview with Hamed Shakibania, he talks about his documentary filmmaking experiences. A review of his works will be another part of the ladder.
Mehrdad Zahedian is one of the filmmakers who is very interested in making films about the city, and in an important part of his works, you can see the effect of the look, belonging to the city and the architecture and atmosphere of the neighborhoods. One of his famous works is “Midan Behisar”. A documentary about Imam Khomeini Square, which won 5 statues in the second edition of the “Truth Cinema” international festival. “Lost Rings”, “Memories on the Glass” and “It’s Winter” are other famous works of this documentary maker.
In addition to working in the field of documentary cinema, Zahedian is also known as a stage designer in Iranian cinema; In 2015, he was nominated for the Crystal Simorgh for the best set and costume design for the movie “Silent Minaret” directed by Amirshahab Razovian.
In the foreign documentaries section, the life and works of Werner Herzog, the famous German documentary maker, by showing parts of the documentary “Werner Herzog; “Extreme Dreamer” directed by Thomas von Steinker is examined.
Milad Mohammadi, the director and documentary maker, also suggests watching the documentary film “Remembering the Struggles of Dr. Hossein Fatemi” directed by Mohammad Tehaminejad.
In the “Documentary Photography” section, Hossein Maleki is a guest of Nardban and talks about his experiences in this field, and “Experience Workshop” is dedicated to adventurous photography and examines the seventeenth part of “Jimmy Chin’s” artistic career.
“Nardban” television program tries to have an overview of Iranian and foreign works in this field with a specialized look at documentary films and photos. This program, performed by Hamed Shakibania, directed and produced by Asghar Ahmedpour and Fateme Borbour, and recorded at Naft Studio, airs on Documentary Network with various segments on Fridays at 17:30, and it is rebroadcast on Saturdays at 00:00 and 14:30.