User:Aboozar Amini

Aboozar Amini was born in Bamiyan, Afghanistan. He believes that the world of cinema is home for him. He received his B.A. degree in Fine Arts at the Art Academy in Amsterdam where he studied conceptual arts in audio visual and mix media. His graduation film KabulTehranKabul (2010) won the Wildcard Award of the Dutch Film Fund. He moved to London to continue his study. Supported by eight international scholarships, Aboozar was able to follow his MA in film making in 2012-2015 at the renowned London Film School (LFS) where theories of the aesthetic language of film, go hand in hand with practicing the process of making films under supervision of well-known filmmakers such as Mike Leigh and his team. He completed his M.A. degree at London Film School with Angelus Novus (2015) which premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) and won various awards worldwide. His universal identity brought him to China where he was the chief editor of five successful feature length documentaries. His latest short film Best Day Ever (2018) opened at La Quinzaine at Cannes 2018 as part of the Tunisia Factory. Aboozar's work shows a realism language of cinema, which was his major study field for his master dissertation in London as well. Aboozar Amini's first long documentary film was the opening film of International Documentary Film Festival 2018 and won various international awards worldwide such as the main award at CPH:DOX in NEXT:WAVE section and nominated for Golden Calf in the Netherlands.