Damn Foreigners International Film Series Director’s Bio Saeed Khoze Is an award winning international writer, director and producer. He began his career as a child in Iranian (Persian) theatre where his love for performance blossomed on stage while he participated in school plays and local festivals. He subsequently worked as a freelance journalist for the Iranian cinema magazine Soroush Seda va Sima, which helped cultivate and encourage his understanding and enthusiasm for the film industry. Saeed joined the Iranian Youth Film Society at a young age and in 1999 he took on an ambitious original film project that he wrote and directed himself, titled Forgotten Hurricane - based on the story of the tough immigration journey of illegal Afghani-an musicians in Iran. After his first feature movie he became a consultant for the Iranian Writers Association (Anjoman Ghalam Iran) where he produced more than sixty science shows for the national television station Iran Seda Va Sima. Simultaneously. Saeed freelanced at one of the major Iranian Radio stations Radio Payam/Hodhod. Saeed has also written seven books of poetry and linguistics, three of which were published by Sokhan Gostar. This stemmed from his early fascination with classical literature from around the world. His interest in Iranian poets, and European linguistics continue to influence his filmmaking, writing and style. Saeeds second feature film, Keep the Flight in Mind, is a historical mockumentary based on the life of Behrouz Vossoughi, a legendary Iranian actor and honoree of the 2000 Kurasava best directorial award at the 44th San Francisco International Film Festival. Keep the Flight in Mind starred Anthony Quinn, Monica Bellucci, alongside numerous celebrities and political figures from Iran and around the world. This film is a reference toward the lost history of cinema in Iran after the Islamic Revolution in 1978. His third feature length film Virginity was made for women of Muslim faith who have become the sacrificial lambs of Honor killings. Virginity was one of the most controversial Iranian films in the history of Iranian cinema and was pretested by the Iranian government. Virginity took a stark jump while being received at international film festivals; it was treated with an abundant series of awards and nominations in acclamation, in festivals around the world. Damn Foreigners is Saeed Khozes fourth feature film based on the true story of the discrimination that an American citizen of Iranian decent experiences as he struggles with the American justice system. Damn Foreigners questions and criticizes prejudice elements within the security and justice system of the United States. Damn Foreigners has received dozens of awards and nominations in several film festivals around the world. His fifth feature length film Zoya, is a vividly poetic avant-garde story about the mis-handelment, abduction, and execution of Muslim women in the Middle East. Zoya carries a weighty compelling and saddening truth, which strives to highlight the brash, repetitive compromise of human rights activists in Syria. Zoya also sheds a dim light on all women of the middle east, their obstacles, dependancies, and defenslessness. Beejan Land as the troubled younger brother Masoud.
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 02:30:35 +0000
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