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Mani Haghighi
Directing

Mani Haghighi
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1969-07-16,Tehran, Iran
Gender
Male
Biography
Mani Haghighi (b.1969, Tehran) studied philosophy at McGill University, Montreal before returning to Iran to make films. His first feature, Abadan (2003) premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival. His screenplay for Asghar Farhadi’s Fireworks Wednesday (2006, co-written with the director) won the Special Jury Prize at the Three Continents Festival, Nantes. His second feature film, Men at Work (Berlinale, Forum 2006) won the Best Screenplay Prize at the 2007 Asian Film Awards (Hong Kong) and the Best Screenplay Prize in the international section of the Fajr Film Festival (Tehran). Canaan (2008), based on a short story by Alice Munro, was followed by two documentary films on the works of the acclaimed Iranian director, Dariush Mehrjui: Hamoon’s Fans (2007), about the curious lives of six Iranians who are devoted fans of Mehrjui’s 1989 film, “Hamoon”, and Dariush Mehrjui: The Forty Year Report (2012), a feature length documentary about Mehrjui’s life and works. His fourth feature film, Modest Reception (Berlinale, Forum 2012), received the NETPAC Award at the Berlin Film Festival, the Free Spirit Award at the Warsaw Film Festival, the Best Actor and Best Actress prizes at the OSIAN’s Cinefan Festival in New Delhi as well as a few other international prizes. Haghighi has also acted in several films, including Asghar Farhadi’s About Elly (Berlinale, competition 2009) and Nima Javidi’s Melbourne (2014), as well as his own film, Modest Reception.

Filmography

6.4

Melbourne
2014-02-07

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Won't You Cry?
2022-10-21

Modest Reception

6.4

Modest Reception
2013-01-02

5.871

No Men Allowed
2011-06-15

7.455

About Elly
2009-06-06

A Dragon Arrives!

5.9

A Dragon Arrives!
2016-04-27

Aseman-e Mahboob

2.5

Aseman-e Mahboob
2011-01-04

0

Meet the Witch
2024-08-07

50 Kilos of Sour Cherry

4.176

50 Kilos of Sour Cherry
2016-03-16

4.2

Negar
2017-09-06

4

Sly
2018-04-20

7.1

The Warden
2019-06-01

We Are All Together

3.4

We Are All Together
2019-06-05

Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz va digaran

4

Azar, Shahdokht, Parviz va digaran
2014-07-23

Cheshm O Goosh Baste

5.6

Cheshm O Goosh Baste
2019-11-06

The Slaughterhouse

6.3

The Slaughterhouse
2020-02-01

The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries

5.7

The Ghost Valley's Treasure Mysteries
1974-12-11

4.4

Me
2016-08-17

3.5

Amphibious
2020-02-01