Jafar Sadeghi

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Jafar Sadeghi, director of the documentary film Dream of Hoop City, won the Best Director award in the feature documentary category at the 9th Iranian Television Documentary Festival. The film was nominated in 5 categories and won the Best Director award at the closing ceremony held in Tehran on August 2026.

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Jafar Sadeghi, won the Best Director for Dream of Hoop City Documentary

Jafar Sadeghi is an Iranian documentary maker born in the city of Gorgan in the north of Iran. In addition to directing documentary films, he has extensive activities in editing and writing. His first work in Iran was the documentary film " Farshad top scorer " , which was released in Iranian cinemas, and 4 years later, the documentary film " Hamid Symphony" , which is considered one of the most star-studded documentary films in the history of Iranian cinema, directed by Jafar Sadeghi, was released in Iranian cinemas. It was noticed by critics and people. Jafar Sadeghi is mostly known for 2 documentaries about the lives of famous Iranian football stars, but he has done significant activities in the production of documentaries with social issues. Jafar Sadeghi has completed filmmaking courses at the Iranian Youth Cinema Association and has won numerous awards in important Iranian and international festivals. Winning an award at the Iran Documentary Festival and an award at the Milan Festival is one of Jafar Sadeghi's most important achievements in documentary cinema.