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Ali Abbasi

Director. Born 1981, Iran. In 2002 he gave up his studies at Teheran Polytechnic University and travelled to Europe, where he finally settled in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2007 he graduated with a BA in architecture.

Ali Abbasi graduated as a film director at the National Film School of Denmark in 2011. His feature film debut, 'Shelley' (2016), premiered at the Berlinale. His second film, the Swedish-Danish co-production 'Border' (2018), won the main prize in Un Certain Regard at the Cannes Festival.

Abbasi's third feature film, 'Holy Spider' (2022), world premiered in Competition at the Cannes Festival, winning the Best Actress award to Zar Amir Ebrahimi. The film subsequently screened at prominent festivals such as Toronto, Austin, Busan and London.
Filmography
Title Year Function Category
The Apprentice 2024 Direction Feature
Holy Spider 2022 Direction, Screenplay, Producer DK/Feature
Border 2018 Direction, Screenplay Feature
Shelley 2016 Direction, Screenplay DK/Feature
M for Markus 2011 Direction, Script, Editing DK/Short fiction
I mørket er lyset 2010 Direction DK/Short fiction
Alma 2009 Direction, Screenplay Short fiction

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