Iranian film director and screenwriter
Saeed Roustaee (Persian : سعید روستایی, born August 14, 1989), also spelled Saeed Roustayi , is an Iranian director, screenwriter and producer. He has won the Crystal Simorgh for Best Director , Best Screenplay and Best First Director at the 34th Fajr Film Festival for his feature directorial debut drama film Life and a Day Just 6.5 César Award for Best Foreign Film . In April 2022, his third film, Leila's Brothers Palme d'Or at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival .[ 1] [ 2]
Early life
He graduated from Soore University with a Bachelor of Film and Television in Directing.[ 3]
Career
Life and a Day Fajr International Film Festival , Roustayi won 2 Crystal Simorghs for best directing and best screenplay. He received the 2016 Reflet d'Or for Best Feature at the Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans .[ 4] [ 5]
His works primarily focus on issues of social injustice , as well as his portrayals of women in Iranian society.
His third feature film Leila's Brothers 2022 Cannes Film Festival where it won the FIPRESCI Prize for films screened in the main competition section.
Conviction
In August 2023, the Islamic Revolutionary Court sentenced Roustayi to six months in prison for entering Leila's Brother's in the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, claiming that the film participated in "the opposition’s propaganda against the Islamic system".[ 6] Leila's Brothers which he had refused to implement. Roustayi is due to serve nine days of his sentence and a suspended period of five years, as well as participating in other punitive measures such as completing a course on "creating movies aligned with national interests and national morality".[ 7]
Filmography
Film
Year
Title
Director
Writer
Producer
Notes
2011
Saturday
Yes
Yes
Yes
Short film
2012
The Very Secluded Street
Yes
Yes
Yes
Ceremony
Yes
Yes
Yes
2016
Life and a Day Yes
Yes
No
2017
Blockage No
Yes
No
2019
Just 6.5 Yes
Yes
No
2022
Leila's Brothers Yes
Yes
Yes
TBA
The Woman and the Child
Yes
Yes
TBA
Pre-production
Awards and nominations
References
^ " . ایسنا (in Persian). 14 April 2022. Retrieved 14 April 2022 .^ عباسیزاده, مریم (14 April 2022). "دو فیلم ایرانی "برادران لیلا" و "عنکبوت مقدس" در بخش مسابقه جشنواره کن ۲۰۲۲" . euronews (in Persian). Retrieved 14 April 2022 . ^ tnews.ir. "بیوگرافی کامل سعید روستایی (کارگردان ابد و یک روز) +عکس های جدید ایشان" . جستجوگر اخبار تی نیوز tnews.ir (in Persian). Retrieved 28 September 2017 . ^ "Geneva International Film Festival Tous Ecrans | 3–11 November 2017" . Festival tous écrans | Geneva international film festival . Retrieved 28 September 2017 .^ "Life+1 Day Receives Best Film Award At Geneva Festival" . Kodoom.com . Retrieved 28 September 2017 .^ Keslassey, Elsa (16 August 2023). "Iranian Director Saeed Roustaee Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Showing 'Leila's Brothers' at Cannes" . Variety . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . ^ Kuo, Christopher (16 August 2023). "Iran Sentences Director to 6 Months After He Screened Film at Cannes" . The New York Times . Retrieved 17 August 2023 . ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (14 April 2022). "Cannes Film Festival: Michel Hazanavicius' 'Z (Comme Z)' To Open; James Gray, David Cronenberg, Cristian Mungiu, Kelly Reichardt In Competition – Full List" . Deadline . Retrieved 3 July 2022 . ^ " . Honaronline . Retrieved 3 July 2022 .^ Hopewell, John (28 May 2022). "Fipresci Prizes 'Leila's Brothers,' 'The Blue Caftan,' 'Love According to Dalva' . Variety . Retrieved 3 July 2022 . ^ VB, Andy (16 September 2019). "Announcing Competitions for the 55th Chicago International Film Festival" . Cinema Chicago . Retrieved 3 July 2022 . ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (26 January 2022). "César Awards Nominations: 'Lost Illusions', 'Annette', 'Aline' Dominate; 'Titane' Shut Out Of Best Film Race – Full List" . Deadline . Retrieved 3 July 2022 .
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