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Founded the film department at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (Kanoon-e Parvaresh-e Fekri-e Koodakan va Nojavanan)
Made his directing and screenwriting debut with Nan va Koutcheh (English: The Bread and Alley)
Produced his first feature "The Traveler"

Made "Where is the Friend's Home?"
Show of photography, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
Won Roberto Rossellini Award
Awarded the Un Certain Regard Award at Cannes
De Cortes Award
Created, "Life and Nothing More…"
Film in Cannes, "Life Goes On"
Francois Truffaut Award
Member of jury at the Cannes Film Festival
Acclaim for "Through the Olive Trees", which was screened in competition at the 1994 Cannes Festival
Produced "Through the Olive Trees"
Film in Cannes, ZIRE DARAKHTAN ZEYTON - In Competition – Feature Films Director, Script / Dialogue, Film Editor
Pier Paolo Pasolini Award
Federico Fellini Gold Medal
Show of photography, Case Rusca, Museum of Fine Arts, 48th Int. Film Festival of Locamo, Switzerland
Screenplay for Jafar Panahi's "The White Balloon", a children's film
Member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival
Show of photography, Montauban, France
Show of photography, Fondazione Bevilacqua la Masa, Venice
Photography show, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Photography show, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
Show of photography, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche, Limousin, France
Akira Kurosawa Award

Lebanon Culture Ministry Award
Head of Jury of Montréal World Film Festival
Show, Regards Persans, Espace Electra, Paris
Show, The Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona Spain
Show of photography, Galerie de France, Paris
Show of photography, Calderon Theather Estaciones, 46th Valladolid International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain
Show of photography, Golestan Gallery, Tehran
Made "ABC Africa", A documentary concerning the AIDS crisis in Uganda
Munich Film Festival Award
Golden Prize of Valladolid Festival
He participated in Cannes with "Certified Copy" for which J. Binoche won best actress
Honorary doctorate, University of Paris

In Baku, Azerbaijan, Provided master class during the 8th START International Youth Film Festival
Participated in Cannes with "Like Someone in Love"
His film, Close-up (1992), ranked #42 in British Film Institute's The Top 50 Greatest Films of All Time
Japan's Medal of Honor
Honorary Golden Orange Prize, Antalya Film Festival
Member of jury, Cinéfondation & Short films, President
Retrospective at the 54th Cartagena Film Festival, Colombia
Member of the "Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences" (AMPAS)
Passed away in Paris, France
Group show, "6th International Art for Peace Festival", Pardis Mellat, Tehran
Group show, "Far", Emkan Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Virus of Collecting", +2 Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Souvenir", Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran
Group show, "Rebel, Jester, Mystic, Poet: Contemporary Persians", Asia Society Museum, New York
Group show, "I Am, What I See", Mojdeh Gallery, Tehran
Art fair, Artissima, Represented by Rossi & Rossi (London), Turin
Group show, "A Rare Collection of Iranian Modern Art", Leila Heller, Dubai
Group show, "Edition", Liam Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Winter Selection 2022", Shirin Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Negah Gallery's Photography collection", Negah Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "This Pencil Is Colored", Javid Art Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Iranian Photography Now - Online Viewing", Janet Rady Fine Art, London
Art fair, MIA, Represented by Janet Rady Fine Art, Milan
Group show, "Contemporary Exhibition", Hasht Cheshmeh Art Space, Kashan
Group show, "Nature", Saless Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Ghoogholi Ghoo", Negah Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "In White", Javid Art Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "Poets", Artibition Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "L'Iran en Affiches", Galerie Nicolas Flamel, Paris
Group show, "This World Is a Mountain...", Qaaf Art Gallery, Tehran
Group show, "More-than-Human", Baashgaah Gallery, Tehran