Alireza KHATAMI

Accidentally born in 1980, Alireza Khatami worked in the film industry in Iran before (im)migrating to Malaysia, where he studied Creative Multimedia and worked as a Visual Effects supervisor. In 2010 his contingent journey took him to the United States to study Film Production and (hopefully) receive a Master’s(!) in Fine Art. His diasporic struggles have produced short films, stories, scripts and installations. Alireza has been lucky enough to have his works awarded and showcased in several countries. Currently he is developing his feature film project Oblivion Verses at the Cannes Residence. It tells the story of a Morgue-man who learns to resist the violence of forgetting in the aftermath of the 2009 election in Iran. The project was also selected for Script Station at the 62nd Berlinale and has the financial support of the Hubert Bals Fund from the International Film Festival Rotterdam.