Faraz Fesharaki
فراز فشارکی
as DoP:
Boomerang
Shahab Fotouhi //84`
world premiere @ Venice Film Festival Giornate Degli Autori 2024
ARTHUR & DIANA
Sara Summa //108`
world premiere @ Toronto International Film Festival TIFF Discovery 2023
NATUREZA HUMANA HUMAN NATURE
Monica Lima//25`
world premiere @ International Film Festival Rotterdam IFFR 2023, Tiger Competition, Ammodo Tiger Short Award
RAS VKHEDAVT, RODESAC CAS VUKUREBT?
WHAT DO WE SEE WHEN WE LOOK AT THE SKY?
Alexandre Koberidze//150´
world premiere @ Berlinale competition 2021, International Critics’ FIPRESCI Award
screenings (selection):
NYFF (New York Film Festival)
BFI (London Film Festival)
KVIFF (Karlovy Vary)
Viennale
THEORIE UND PRAXIS THEORY AND PRAXIS
Leonie Minor//7min//StopMotion
world premiere @ The Hof International Film Festival 2021
screenings (selection):
Ann Arbor Film Festival
Palm Springs International ShortFest
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen (online Wettbewerb)
STADTPINGUIN CITY PENGUIN
Florinda Frisadi//10min
world premiere @ Palm Springs International ShortFest 2021
MOUTHFUL
Shirin Sabahi//36min//documentary
world premiere @ Edith-Russ-Hau solo exhibition 2018
In Postproduction:
SEHNSUCHT IN SANGERHAUSEN
Julian Radlmaier
DER GRANND CANYON
Simona Kostova
as director:
WAS HAST DU GESTERN GETRÄUMT, PARAJANOV? // 80min
WHAT DID YOU DREAM LAST NIGHT, PARAJANOV?
world premiere @ Berlinale Forum 2024
IT’S A CRIMAL WASTE TO GIVE THIS FILM A POSTPRODUCTION // 20min
world premiere @ KFFK (Short Film Festival Cologne)
Awards and nominations:
Seville European Film Festival 2021 // Best Cinematography Award
Listed by The Film Stage // The Best Cinematography of 2021
German Film Critics Award 2022 // Nominee Best Cinematography
Berlinale Documentary Award 2024 // Nominee Best Documentary
Duisburger Filmwoche // 3Sat-Dokumentarfilmpreis
German Film Critics Award 2025 // Nominee Best Documentary
Faraz Fesharaki was born in 1986 in Esfahan, Iran.
He received his bachelor’s degree in film and his master’s degree in dramatic literature from Tehran University of Art. From 2009 to 2011, he attended Abbas Kiarostami’s workshop. In 2012, he moved to Berlin to study cinematography at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (dffb), graduating in 2020.
He now lives in both Berlin and Tehran.
Contact: faraz.fsh@gmail.com