Biography

Majid Movasseghi, director, critic and lecturer based in Zürich. He studied in the Drama Department of Art & Architecture institute in Tehran and worked both as a theater Director and assistant of directors in Iranian cinema and television. From 2003-2009 he was studying Film Directing at VGIK (All-Russian State Film academy) under the guidance Vadim Abdrashitov. He also attended many workshops and Master Classes. His short and documentary films have been selected by a number of local and international film festivals. Majid Movasseghi has been teaching various courses about Directing and Acting in various Universities and held also many workshops with a subject of Cinema and Theater, He already seated in many festivals jury's, including the jury in VGIK Moscow 2011 TOFUZI Animated Film Festival Georgia 2012/2021/2022, EBIFF Toronto 2015, ISFA Iran 2017, Nyon Switzerland 2018 , 2024, DOK Leipzig Germany 2019, ZFF Zurich 2020 , Videoex Switzerland 2020, RSFF Italy 2021 , "Vision de Reel" Switzerland 2021 , IIFF- Egypt 2023 and GGFF Georgia 2023 , Wulong . Golden Tree Intonational Documentary Film Week 2024
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