Vahid Jalilvand

Vahid Jalilvand was born in Tehran in 1976. He is a graduate of Tehran University in Theater Directing. Jalilvand started his career as a theater actor and made his stage debut when he was only 15. In 1996, he started working in the Iranian State TV channels as an editor and then as a TV director. Later, he directed more than 30 documentaries. Wednesday, May 9, his first feature, was awarded with the FIPRESCI Prize, the INTERFILM Award for Promoting Interreligious Dialogue in Orizzonti, Venice Film Festival 2015, and many other international awards.