Amir Azizi
Amir Azizi (born in 1984) is an Iranian film director and screenwriter.
Amir Azizi
Mohammad Khodabakhsh · Mehr News Agency · CC BY 4.0
- Born
- 1984
- Birthplace
- Ahvaz, Iran
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
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• Native Name — امیر عزیزی • Born — 1984 • Birthplace — Ahvaz, Iran • Occupation — Filmmaker
Life and career
Life and career
Born in Ahvaz, Azizi started his career as an assistant director, collaborating among others with Rakhshan Banietemad and Kianoush Ayari. After directing several shorts and documentaries, he made his feature film debut in 2014, with Temporary. The film was entered into the main competition at the Beijing International Film Festival, and won the Special Jury Prize at the MedFilm Festival. In 2020, he directed Two Dogs, which was screened at the 37th Warsaw Film Festival, and received a special jury mention prize at the 13th Bengaluru International Film Festival. In 2025, Azizi's third work Inside Amir premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in the Giornate degli Autori sidebar, winning the section's main prize, the Director's Award. For this film, Azizi got a nomination for best director at the 18th Asia Pacific Screen Awards.
Filmography
Filmography
• Temporary (2014) • Two Dogs (2020) • Inside Amir (2025)
Accolades
Accolades
• Award — Ceremony date — Category — Work — Result — Ref. • Bengaluru International Film Festival — 11 March 2022 — Special Jury Mention Prize — Two Dogs • Venice International Film Festival — 6 September 2025 — Giornate degli Autori Director's Award — Inside Amir • Asia Pacific Screen Awards — 27 November 2025 — Best Director
Amir Azizi receiving the Golden Apricot Award in the Regional section for his film Inside Amir in Yerevan.
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- 1.Iranian film “Inside Amir” receives Venice Days top prize. Tehran Times. 6 September 2025.
- 2.Shackleton, Liz. Beijing film festival unveils 15 competition titles. Screen International. 7 April 2015.
- 3.'Impermanent' wins Jury Special Prize in Italian festival. Mehr News Agency. 16 November 2015.
- 4.Warsaw hosting 'Two Dogs' from Iran. ifilm-آیفیلم. 11 October 2021.
- 5.Iran's “Absence”, “Two Dogs” honored at Bengaluru Intl. Film Festival. Tehran Times. 12 March 2022.
- 6.Szalai, Georg. Venice Days Top Prize Awarded to Amir Azizi's 'Inside Amir'. The Hollywood Reporter. 5 September 2025.
- 7.Dalton, Ben. 'Inside Amir', Greece-UK feature 'Bearcave' among Venice's Giornate degli Autori winners. Screen International. 5 September 2025.
- 8.Ramachandran, Naman. 'Samsara,' 'It Was Just an Accident,' 'Magellan' Lead Asia Pacific Screen Awards Nominations. Variety. 15 October 2025.
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