Navid Mahmoudi

Navid Mahmoudi (Persian: نوید محمودی, born 24 September 1980) is an Afghan film director, screenwriter, producer and poet.[1][2] He and his family moved to Iran when he was very young and from a very young age he has been interested in films and cinema and developed a passion for the art.[3][4] He is the brother of Jamshid Mahmoudi.[5][6]

Navid Mahmoudi
Mahmoudi in 2018
Born (1980-09-24) 24 September 1980
Parwan, Afghanistan
NationalityAfghan
Occupation
  • Film director
  • screenwriter
  • film producer
  • poet
Years active2004–present
RelativesJamshid Mahmoudi (brother)

Career

He started his professional career as an assistant director and went on to direct his own short films and produce other works. He has been a producer on more than 10 television Movies. Mahmoudi produced his first feature A few Cubic Meters of Love (2012), directed by his brother Jamshid Mahmoudi, which was selected to represent Afghanistan in the Best Foreign Language Film category of the Academy Awards in 2014 and it screened at more than 30 international festivals and won eight awards. In 2016, he co-wrote and directed his first feature film, Parting, and in 2019 produced his brother's second film, Rona, Azim’s Mother, for which he was nominated for an APSA.[7]

Filmography

Feature films
Year Title Director Screenwriter Producer Notes
2014 A Few Cubic Meters of Love No Yes Yes Selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards
2016 Parting Yes No No Selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards
2018 Rona, Azim's Mother No No Yes Selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards
2019 Seven and a Half Yes Yes No
2020 Drowning in Holy Water Yes Yes Yes
2022 Kabul No. 10 Yes Yes Yes

Short films
  • Noghte Sare Khat
  • A piece of Bread
  • Zero
  • The privacy of an Afghan child

Television
Year Title Director Producer Notes Network
2010 It could be The last one No Yes TV film IRIB TV5
2011 Hearts are aware of Emotion No Yes TV film IRIB TV3
2017 The Women of Our Story No Yes TV program IRIB TV5
2017–2018 Awning Yes No TV series IRIB TV2
2019 Sweetheart Yes No TV series IRIB TV2
2021 Playfellow No Yes TV series IRIB TV2

Books
Year Title Notes
2004 Pebble poem collection
2007 Have you ever hit the wall because of your heart? poem collection
2008 September Rejected poem collection
2011 The Story story collection
2012 What difference does it Make to the Bird? poem collection
2014 Me, You, The Street poem collection
It's raining in Me poem collection
2015 I died on the last Tuesday of the Month poem collection

References
  1. "نوید محمودی | بیوگرافی + عکس‌های نوید محمودی | سلام‌سینما". www.salamcinama.ir. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. "نوید محمودی - بیوگرافی نوید محمودی | مشخصات". moshakhasat.ir. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. "نوید محمودی - عکس ها و تصاویر، بیوگرافی و زندگی نامه | منظوم". Manzoom (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. "نوید محمودی: نمی‌شود دختر مرا نادیده گرفت چون پدرش افغان است". PANA.IR (in Persian). 2020-02-07. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. "جستجو". www.filimo.com (in Persian). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  6. "Navid Mahmoudi". Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  7. "Navid Mahmoudi | Dreamlab Films". www.dreamlabfilms.com. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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