Abed Abest
Abed Abest (born 1987, in Bandar Abbas, Iran), is an Iranian director, writer and actor. He played roles in Shahram Mokri's films Fish & Cat which Won the Horizon Prize in Venice Film Festival (2013) and Invasion which was Nominated for Teddy Award in Berlin International Film Festival (2018). His first feature film was Simulation (2017), which world premiered in Berlin International Film Festival (2017) forum section and Won the best film award in Spain moving images film festival (2018).
Abed Abest
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- Name
- Abed Abest
- Born
- 21 June 1987
- Birthplace
- Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran
- Occupation
- * Film director
- Nationality
- Iran
- Languages
- Persian
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His second feature film Killing the Eunuch Khan (2021) is premiered in the 25th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. And won the Grand Jury Prize in Breakouts Section at Slamdance Film Festival
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• Name — Abed Abest • Born — 21 June 1987 • Birthplace — Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, Iran • Occupation — * Film director • screenwriter • actor • Notable Works — Invasion (2017) Fish & Cat (2013) First feature film:Simulation (2017) The Corner (2014) (Medium-length film) Second feature film:Killing the Eunuch Khan (2021)
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• Year — Title — Writer — Director — Producer — Actor — Time — Notes • 2012 — I haven't seen Hussein since the day before yesterday — 7 minutes • 2013 — Fish & Cat — Shahram Mokri and Nasim Ahmadpoor — Shahram Mokri — Sepehr Seifi — 134 minutes — Abed Abest acted as Parviz, Won the Orizzonti/ Horizon Prize in Venice Film Festival (2013) Won the best film award in Lisbon International Film Festival (2013) Won special jury feature prize in Dubai International Film Festival (2014) Won best film award in International Istanbul Film Festival (2014) Won special jury award in Fribourg International Film Festival (2014) Won the audience award in Slovenia bled film festival (2014) Won best film award in Slovenia bled film festival (2014) Won special jury award in Iran's Film Critics and Writers Association (2014) Won best director award in Vietnam Film Festival (2015) • 2014 — The Corner — 55 minutes — Abed Abest acted as Amir, Premiered in Cairo International Film Festival • 2017 — Simulation — 84 minutes — Abed Abest acted as Abed, Nominated for best film award in Transilvania International Film Festival (2017) Nominated for best film award in Ars independent festival (2017) Won best film award in Spain moving images festival (2018) Nominated for best film in discovery section in Toronto International Film Festival (2017) • 2018 — Invasion — Shahram Mokri and Nasim Ahmadpoor — Shahram Mokri — Sepehr Seifi — 102 minutes — Abed Abest acted as Ali, Nominated for Teddy Award in Berlin International Film Festival (2018) • 2021 — Killing the Eunuch Khan — Shahrzad Seifi — 110 minutes — Nominated for best film in 25th edition of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (2021) Nominated for ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal at International Film Festival of India (2021) Won the Grand Jury Award in Breakouts Section at Slamdance Film Festival (2022) Premiered at International Film Festival of Kerala (2022) Premiered at Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (2022) Nominated for Best Film Award at International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (FANTASPOA) (2022) Premiered at Revelation Perth International Film Festival (2022) Premiered at No Limit section of Transilvania International Film Festival (TIFF) (2022) Premiered at Feature Narrative section of Revelation Perth International Film Festival (2022)
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1987
Abed Abest born at Bandar Abbas.
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- 1."Fish & Cat" won the Venice festival Horizone prize. www.iffr.com.
- 2.Invasion in Berlin international film festival. www.teddyaward.tv.
- 3.Simulation in Berlin international film festival. www.berlinale.de.
- 4.Simulation won the best film award in Spain moving images film festival. www.spainmovingimagesfestival.com.
- 5.Killing the Eunuch Khan in Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. www.cineuropa.org.
- 6.Chapman, Wilson. 2022 Slamdance Award Winners. Variety. 4 Feb 2022.
- 7.Fish & Cat in Lisbon International Film Festival. www.en.mehrnews.com. 20 November 2013.
- 8.Fish & Cat in Dubai International Film Festival. www.mubi.com.
- 9.Fish & Cat in Istanbul Film Festival. www.dailysabah.com. 26 February 2014.
- 10.Fish & Cat in Fribourg International Film Festival. www.fiff.ch.
- 11.Fish & Cat in Slovenia bled film festival. www.filmint.nu. 19 June 2014.
- 12."Fish & Cat" in Vietnam Film Festival. www.theiranproject.com. 29 November 2014.
- 13.Simulation in Cairo International Film Festival. www.darb1718.com.
- 14.Simulation in Transilvania International Film Festival. www.tiff.ro.
- 15.Simulation in Ars independent festival. www.arsindependent.pl. August 2025.
- 16.Simulation in Toronto International Film Festival. www.tiff.net.
- 17.Syed, Siraj. Blood flows through the streets in Killing of the Eunuch Khan. Film Festivals.
- 18.Killing the Eunuch Khan. IFFK.
- 19.12 Films you shouldn't miss at the Golden Horse Fantastic Film Festival 2022. Asian Film Festivals. 9 April 2022.
- 20.James, Jonathan. FANTASPOA 2022 Returns to the Cinema! First Wave of Titles! Poster Art!. Daily Dead. 23 March 2022.
- 21.Killing the Eunuch Khan at Rev2022!. lunapalace.com.au.
- 22.Killing the Eunuch Khan at TIFF.21. tiff.ro. August 2025.
- 23.Killing the Eunuch Khan at Revelation Perth International Film Festival. revelationfilmfest.org.
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