Looking for Peace

Mother Agnes Mariam is a Christian nun. She was born to a Palestinian father and a Lebanese mother. She was a religious activist in “Syria” for years.
Now she is speaking out about the Syrian Civil War and is looking for peace in Syria from the outside world.

  • Mohsen Eslamzadeh
    Director
  • Mehdi Khoshnejad
    Director
  • The art center of Iran
    Producer
  • Mehdi Khoshnejad
    Camera
  • Mohsen Eslamzadeh
    Camera
  • Mehdi Khoshnejad
    Editor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Observational, Interview
  • Runtime:
    46 minutes 10 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 1, 2013
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic
  • Language:
    Arabic
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Mohsen Eslamzadeh, Mehdi Khoshnejad

Mohsen Eslamzadeh the Iranian documentarist was born in 1980. He has had a lot of activities around art issues since 2003. Eslamzadeh started documentary filmmaking in Sistan and Baluchistan of Iran and has made documentaries in Iran, Russia, Turkey, China, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Libya, Syria, Iraq, Lebanon and Venezuela.

His distinguished documentaries are "The Sunnies of Iran", "Mothers of the Revolution", "Mysteries of Abu-Salim Prison", "In the name of Liberty" and "Looking for Peace". He participated in a few film festivals such as: "Fajr", "Cinema Verity" and "Rooyesh" in Iran, "Aljazeera" in Qatar and "Human Rights" in Spain and he awarded in some of them.

In 2015 Eslamzadeh got injured during documenting a film about Takrit in Iraq, but he came back to direct after a while.

"Alone Among the Taliban" is his latest film, which was a unique experience as he could attend among the Taliban in Afghanistan

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Experiences and Rewards:

With the documentary of “Alone among the Taliban”:

Being in competition of the international festival of documentary films "Meetings in Siberia" | Russia, 2018

Being in competition of the "Tiburon International Film Festival" | USA, 2017

http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/films.php?page=1&param2=&param1=2017

The best documentary of “Athen international film + video festival” | USA, 2017

http://athensfilmfest.org/2017-winners/

The best documentary of “Marbella international film festival” | Spain, 2017

http://www.marbellafilmfestival.com/awards-2017/

Honored of the “Moscow detective film festival” | Russia, 2017

Being in competition of the “Thin line film festival” | USA, 2017

https://www.discoverdenton.com/event/thin-line-x-alone-among-taliban/

Being in competition of the “Asia-Pacific Film Festival” | 2016

Being in competition of the “Human rights film festival” | Italy, 2017

http://mediterranews.org/2017/05/mercoledi-3-maggio-giornata-mondiale-della-liberta-della-stampa/

Being in competition of the “Ismailia international film festival” | Egypt, 2017

http://ismailiafilmfest.com/ismailia2017/Films-Documentaries_En.aspx

Winner of the “Shahid Avini” international section of the “Cinema Verite” | Iran, 2015

Winner of the “Ammar popular film festival” | Iran, 2015

Honored of the 8th “Ammar film festival” for The Documentary of “Qasr-e-Qand” | Iran, 2018

Honored of the 7th “Ammar film festival” for The TV show of “Vatandar” | Iran, 2017

Being invited to the “Nahj film festival” for The documentary of “Me and the commander” | Iraq, 2016

Being invited to the “Aljazeera film festival” for the film “Mystries of Abusalim Prison” | Qatar, 2013

Being invited to the “Resistance international film festival” for the film of “Al-Sheikh Sabah” | Iran, 2015

Winner of the 5th Ammar festival for the film "Sunnis in Iran"

Winner of the international section of the forth Ammar festival for the film "Journey to the Land of Pashtuns"

Winner of the special section of “Ruyesh” (growth) festival for the film “Mother of the Revolution”

Winner of the international section of the third Ammar festival for the film “ the Thought of Being”

The honored young documentary director from Mashhad in 2010 chosen by Mashhad’s Islamic Revolution Cultural Centre.

Honored in the “Awakening Sequence” for the film “the Lover”

Honored in the first Ammar film Festival for the film “the Street of Martyrdom”

The courses of transfer of expertise:

Being in the jury members of the first “ Chehelcheragh” festival, 2016

Holding an introductory course about the documentation, in the Ziyarat cultural center in Mashhad, 2013

Holding a course named "the documentary from the idea to the project" in the Birjand cultural center, 2015

Holding a course named "the story and the novel in the documentary" in Al-Ghadir Iraqi channel, 2015.

Films:

Directing and production of a documentary film named “Mr. prosecutor”, About Shahid Lajavardi’s life | 2017
Directing and production of a documentary film named “Qasr-e-Qand”, About the greatest anti-terrorism operation in the east of Iran | 2017
Research, directing and photography of a documentary named “Alone among the Taliban” | 2014-16
Directing and production of a TV program named “Vatandar” | 2016-17
Directing and production of a documentary series named “The stories of our city”, 10 episodes about the holy city of Mashhad | 2015
Directing and production of a documentary film named "Al-Sheik Sabah", and a documentary film named "A day of me and the commander", about the Sunnis clans against Daash | 2015 Iraq.
Directing and production of a documentary film named "Looking forward the peace", about the Syrian crisis | 2014 Syria-Lebanon | http://www.irna.ir/en/News/81781587
Directing and filming a documentary movie named "The defenders of Amirli", about the resistance of the people of Amirli against Daash | 014 Iraq.
Filming a documentary movie named "Kawthar", about a famous program presenter in the Arabic channels | 2013 Syria-Lebanon.
Directing and filming a documentary movie named "Sunnis in Iran" | 2013, the most viewed movie in PressTV's youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B6MGqWkpMk
A documentary film named “Journey to the Land of Pashtuns” portraying the political history of Afghanistan from the point of view of the biggest clan in this country.
Director of photography for the film “In the Name of Freedom” (with the subject of Bolivian revolution and the presidential election in Venezuela), fall 2012)
Directing and filming of an 8-episode documentary series named “The Uprising of Sahara”
Directing and filming of the documentary movie named “Mother of the Revolution”
Directing and filming of the documentary movie named “Mystries of Abusalim Prison”
Directing and filming of the documentary movie named “One on One with the Hero”
Directing and filming of the documentary program named “the Lover”, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi about the diplomats in terrorist attacks in Mazar Sharif | 2011, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program (Revayate fat-h)
Directing and filming of a 3-episode documentary movie named “Friends of the Morning(2)” about the Afghani Martyrs of the Holy Defense, a shared work with Mohsen Mousavi | 2011, ordered by Misagh Cultural Centre.
Directing and filming of a 4-episode documentary movie named “Friends of the Morning (1)” about the Pakistani martyrs of the Holy Defense, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by Misagh Cultural Centre.
Directing and filming of a documentary series named “Mourning in Pakistan”, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by Misagh Cultural Centre.
Directing and filming of a documentary movie in Pakistan named “the Zephyr of Life” ”a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010
Directing, filming and editing of a documentary program named “NourAli” in Sistan Baluchistan, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program (Revayate fat-h)
Directing, filming and editing of a documentary named “Poet of the country” about the Ashayers in Baluchistan, Ashayer a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program, (Revayate fat-h)
Directing, filming and editing of a documentary program named “the Silent Epics” about the victory of Baluch tribes in fight against British Army in 1916, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi | 2010, ordered by Ouj Cultural-Media Institution
Directing, filming and editing of a documentary program named “Mehrab” about the life of a martyr, “Ali Asghar Hoseini Mehrab” | 2008-9, ordered by “Narration of the Victory” program (Revayate fat-h)
Directing, filming, and editing of an 8-episode Documentary program named “Margraves” | 2007-9 about investigating the security condition of Sistan Baluchistan and the emergence of Rigi’s group in this region, a shared work with Seid Mohsen Mousavi, produced by Misagh Cultural Center, documentary team in channel 1.
Editing and directing of a documentary movie named “A Re-try” about the lives of war-injured people, ordered by the TV’s Documentary Center | 2007
Editing and directing of a documentary program named “the Camp of Faith” company , produced by channel 3 | 2006
Editing of a program named “the Nuclear Victims” about a Japanese group visiting Kurdistan, ordered by the TV’s Documentary Center | 2006
Editing and directing of a documentary program named “Guardian of the East” about drug trafficking (narcotics) | 2004
Editing and designing a video clip named “Which Tribe Are You Coming From” about Palestine.