Hossein Martin Fazeli a.k.a Naanaam (born June 1964 in Shiraz, Iran) is an Iranian Canadian film director and poet. His films have won 39 international awards, and been broadcast on networks such as CNN, SBS, ARTE and Canal+. In 2008 Fazeli was short-listed by the prestigious Sundance Institute to take part in 2008 Sundance International Filmmakers Award. Fazeli has previously worked on media campaigns for organizations such as the UNDP, the European Commission and Nonviolence International on issues such as minority rights, women’s rights, racism and nonviolent struggle.

International Awards

• Audience Award, São Paulo International Film Festival, Brazil
• Youth Jury Award, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. France
• Best International Short Film Award, Cape Town World Cinema Festival, South Africa
• Bigas Luna Award for the Best Story, Reus Festival Europeu de Curtmetratges, Spain
• International Jury Award, Bristol International Short Film Festival, the UK
• Best Short Film Award, Izmir International Film Festival, Turkey
• Best Screenplay Award, Leicester International Short Film Festival, UK
• Best Screenplay Award, Santiago International Short Film Festival, Chile
• Audience Award, Barcelona Independent Film Festival, Spain
• Best screenplay award, Daniko International Film Festival, Romania
• Best Film Award, Film Platform, Denmark
• Best Film Award, Wochenende International Film Festival, Germany
• Audience Award & Media Award, Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
• Best Live Action Award, Kara International Film Festival, Pakistan
• Special Jury Award, Euroshort, Poland
• 3rd Best Film Award, Kun KortFilm, Denmark
• 2nd Best Film Award, Wurzburg International Film Festival, Germany
• Honorable Mention, Black & White Film Festival, Portugal
• Best Screenplay, Afia International Film Festival, Denmark
• Audience Award, Narkolepsy Short Film Festival, France
• Best Foreign Short, Naoussa International Film and Video Festival, Greece
• Best Film & Audience Award, Bianco International Film Festival, Italy
• Special Award for Promoting Human Rights, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia
• Best Director Award, San Gio International Film Festival, Italy
• Ovidiu Bose Special Award, Anonimul International Film Festival, Romania
• Best Short Film Award, Almaty International Film Festival, Kazakhstan
• Audience Award, Silhouette International Film Festival, France
• Grand Prize, Cine Fiesta International Film Festival, Puerto Rico
• Award for Extraordinary Achievement, Con Corto International Film Festival, Italy
• Best Screenplay Award, Sedicidorto International Film Festival, Italy
• Best Digital Video Award, Fano International Film Festival, Italy

Filmography

Film	Date
Inscribed	2008	Fiction
The Tale of 2 Nazanins	2007	Documentary
The T-shirt	2006	Fiction
The Blind Man	2006	PSA
How Would You Feel in a Different Skin?	2005	PSA
The Journey	2005	Poem film
A Foreign Poem	2004	Poem film
Who is Sahraa?	2003	Documentary

External links

• Director's Site
• P.O.V. Filmtidsskrift, Danish Journal of Film Studies
• Tricko (The T-Shirt)
• Blind Man
• Iranian Times
• Exile and dissonance: the poetry of Naanaam (Hossein Martin Fazeli)

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