Ali Asgari (director)

Ali Asgari (Persian: علی عسگری; born 25 July 1982) is an Iranian film director, screenwriter and producer.

Life and career

Born in Tehran, after his 2007 graduation from the Islamic Azad University Asgari went to study cinema in Italy.^[1] After directing several shorts, in 2016 he directed a segment of the anthology film In the Same Garden.^[2] He made his solo feature film debut in 2017 with Disappearance, which premiered at the 74th Venice International Film Festival in the Horizons sidebar and was later screened at the 42nd Toronto Film Festival.^[3]^[4] In 2022, his film Until Tomorrow was screened at the 72nd Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]^[5] The satirical film Terrestrial Verses he co-directed with Alireza Khatami was entered into the Un Certain Regard section of the 2023 Cannes Film Festival; upon his return in Iran, Asgari got his passport temporarily confiscated and was banned from directing other films.^[6]

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