Ali-Reza Amini (b. 1974, Teheran) whilst still studying (2000) made the short film The Apartment which won a prize at the Molodist IFF. In the same year he began to gain professional experience (as assistant director on the film Time for Drunken Horses). He made his debut in 2000 with the feature film Rainbow (2000). As director and producer he realised his own project, the film Letters in the Wind (Namehay bad, 2002). In 2003 he directed, produced and edited his own script, Tiny Snowflakes (Danehaye rize barf). It took the Special Prize at the IFF in Locarno, won awards at IFFs in Pusan and Thessaloniki, and is being screened this year at Karlovy Vary.
MFF Karlovy Vary
