I was born in an old neighborhood of Sanandaj named “Sartapola” on the 24th day of March 1990. In my childhood I was very fond of the pre revolution cinema of Iran and loved its famous actors Fardin and Behrouz Vossoughi. In my dreams I was always a famous actor to the extent that I’d dress up like Fardin and Behrouz and imitated their roles in school and streets. After finishing highschool I got my diploma, back in the day nothing was the way it is now, we grew in a limited atmosphere and maybe my regrets today go back to my childhood because it didn’t work out the way I wanted it to.

I started volunteer work in the Blind Community Support Group of Sanandaj where my brother, Kaveh worked. He was responsible for a musical group consisting blind and spinal cord injured people that were especially talented in playing musical instruments. One night, they were performing in my brother’s house, a strange urge filled my existence that you should make films even though I didn’t know anything about the profession. I consulted my brother and received his green light. I did my best to find people that are active in the industry. First, I went to the Artistic Association of Sanandaj and found some people to ask about the stages of film production. Back in the day there were a few places for people to search things online so I went to the first one I could find so that I can search for information about cinema. I learned that in order to make a film I had to have a script that included the film’s chain of events. My first attempt in filmmaking was both a pleasant and an unpleasant experience. It was pleasant because I got familiar with the solitude and sorrow associated with the world of cinema. And it was unpleasant because I met some people that tried to abuse my youthful and unexperienced career in cinema. However, I tried a different approach of giving the younger generation the truth and guide them in the right path. At last, “Hiva” my first film was created. A film that was supposed to be a short film but became a 60-minutes long film in the editing process and through many difficulties we could only produce a 30-minutes long version. After the production of “Hiva” I went to the Young Cinema Association of Sanandaj. I can never forget the kindness of the man who was the manager there. I finished a one year directing course there. I found lots of friends in cinema, and among the bunch I am the most truthful friend to myself. I’ll write more about my work so that you may know me better while reading them.