Hamed SOLEIMANZADEH

He is an Iranian film critic, film philosopher, filmmaker, and lecturer at the University of Göttingen in Germany and the DAM Academy in Rome, Italy. He holds a Ph.D. in Art Research with a focus on Film Studies and a postdoctoral qualification in Film and Philosophy from the University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK).
His career includes serving as a jury member at more than thirty prestigious film festivals and events worldwide, such as the Golden Globes Award, Cannes, Berlinale, Karlovy Vary, Warsaw, Istanbul, ZagrebDox, Oberhausen, and Gothenburg. He is also the founder and director of the Abbas Kiarostami International Short Film Festival and a programmer for the Cinehill (Motovun) Film Festival in Croatia.
Soleimanzadeh has directed over seven short films and authored several books and hundreds of articles on cinema, theater, philosophy, culture, media, and more. He is a permanent member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).