The Best Persian Directors

 Abdolreza Kahani born in 1973 is an Iranian filmmaker. He made his first short film, The Smile in 1988 and then he got his ba in Acting at Tehran Azad University and his MA in Directing at Tehran University. He made his first feature film, Dance with the Moon in 2003. In 2009, Kahani’s film Twenty won the Special Jury Prize and the Prize of Ecumenical Jury at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. The film observes a small band of employees trying to save a depressed Iranian banquet hall which the owner has decided to close in 20 days.