Nushin Meraji

NOUSHIN MERAJI

Iran

Director, screenwriter. Graduated from the film course at the Iranian Youth Cinema Association. She has been making short films since 2004, and her works «Chicken for Dinner», «Daddy’s Guest», «Hard», «Straight», «Awake» and «Brother» have won prizes at national screenings, as well as in the USA, Serbia, India. Her feature directorial debut «Syn» (Son) was awarded the prize for best actor and the prize of the Federation of Film Clubs of Russia at the Moscow International Film Festival-2020, became the best at the Minsk IFF «Лiстапад», participated in the programs of international film festivals in Rotterdam, Valladolid, Kerala, etc. She worked on the selection committee of the Tehran International Short Film Festival. She teaches screenwriting and runs an online screenwriting workshop at the Iranian Youth Cinema Association.