Mostafa Rahmandoost

Fatemeh Goudarzi

He was born in 1950 in Hamadan. He is a poet, author, teacher and translator of children and young adults' literature. 120 of his books have been published on different topics, with a circulation of 5.5 million copies. Some of his eight books have been translated into English, Chinese, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Russian, Swahili, Japanese and Swedish. Since l979 he has been the editor in chief of a number of children's' magazines. During the last 3 decades he has put much effort into deployment of children's' literature in Iran, and has had an active presence in most movements in relation to development of study and consciousness of children of Iran. His books, "The Spring Guardian, "Garden of kindness" and "Prettier than spring"; have been chosen as the best book of the year. He has been a member of poetry and music council of NIRT for 11 years. As a member of jury he has participated five periods in Book of the Year and four periods in International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults, Isfahan; as well as children's' books, films and publications.
In l977, he started "Doostaneh" the first site for children and in the same year became Kanoon's First Iranian Storytelling Festival director. His following books have been made in animation: "Silver Sequin", The Spring Guardian", "Three Paces Behind Mother" and" The Lion Hunter Donkey".
He is currently working on slang Iranian literature. "Once Upon a Time", a 50 part puppet series, and "Play with Fingers" a 52 part animation series based on his books are being produced by NIRT and Saba Cultural and Art Company.

He was born in l951. He is a graduate of cinema, television and radio from the School of Dramatic Arts and Literature and human science from Tehran University. His activities in the field of art had been teaching of photography, filmmaking and cinematography in reputable university centers such as, School of Fine Arts, Tehran University, University of Art (School of Cinema and Theater), Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance (Islamic Center for Training of Filmmaking), Soreh Educational Institute, Isfahan and IRIB Film School. He had participated as director, cinematographer, editor and writer of narration in the production of over 90 short and semi long films.
His cooperation as a cinematographer had been in over 15 feature films; namely, "The Night Nurse", All the Earth's Temptations", "Inheritance, "on The Alter of Love", "Attorney General, "Friend in the House", "Journey of the Grey men" and "The Earth's Dream. As a scriptwriter, he had participated in "The Third", "Heavenly Earth", "Tehran September 1941 and 'Redness of Athens Flowers". Amongst his other activities were:
- Member of Evaluation Council of Cinema Artists
- Member of Central Council of Society of Iranian Cinematographers
- Member of jury in Iranian and international festivals
- Editor of educational programs, compilation of various educational books in relation to cinema, television and photography
At the time when this catalogue was being published, Sharifi was deceased and depriving the artistic community of his beloved self. We honor his blessed memory.

She was born in Mashhad in 1961. She studied animation direction in IRIB Film School. She started her career in IIDCYA (Kanoon) as a teacher of painting in 1982 and after finishing in 1993, joined the "Cinematic Affairs" department of the Kanoon.
Filmography: The Lonely Ringdove, The Veil of Illusion, The Stories of Aunt Ra'na and Aunt Nessa, The Story of the little Piece of Cheese, The Most Beautiful Song, Adventures of Atlasi (series), The Child (series), as well as a number of short interludes and teasers and opening logos including the logo of the Second Tehran International Animation Festival, and book and press exhibitions of children. She has been working with Saba Cultural and Art Company since 1995.

He was born in 1968 in Tehran. He was a student of medicine for five years which he gave up to study and experience art in open classes of art universities in Iran and England. Some of his activities in the field of animation are as follows:
- "Adventures of Zohreh", IRIB
- "Samaneh and Samaneh in Plaster", IRIB
- "I Myself found it", Kanoon
- "Returning Home", Kanoon
He is presently working on the pre-production of "Orange Ant Eater series (England).

He was born in 1965 in Kermanshah. He studied cinema (BA degree) in University of Art (School of Dramatic Arts) in l992 and then animation (MA degree) in University of Art (School of Cinema and Theater) in 2001. He is a teacher of painting. He has been in film and computer games production as animator in Farasoopand Company for one year. His cooperation with Saba Cultural and Art Company as animator was between l996 and l999. He has also participated in the following projects:
- The Fox and Crow" as director, animator and producer for channel 2 of IRIB, (2000) 520".
- Oldooz" as animator and editor (2001) 484".
- "The Waiting" as animator and editor (2001), 368"
- "The Man and Heart" as animator and editor (2001), 340"
- "Ya Hossein" channel 1 of IRIB as director animator and producer (2002), 480"
- "The Apple" (series), 520"
- "Childish Melodies", IRIB Gilan, as animator (2003), 900"
He currently has the following films under production:
- "Stories of Me and My Daddy", a 27 part series as director and executive designer for Saba Cultural and Art Company 78 min.
- "Flight of Penguin", as animator and executive director for Saba Cultural and Art Company, 10min.

She was born in l974, Tehran. She studied painting in Azad Islamic University. She has been cooperating with Kanoon as an animator since l996 and has participated as designer, graphic designer, animator and executive collaborator in a number of projects.
Some of her collaborations in the field of animation with Kanoon have been:
- "Joy Rain" director Nahid Shamsdoost,
- "The Longest Journey of the World" director Mohammad Moghadam,
- " The Farmer and the Cow", 2001
- " The flying Grandmother, under production

He was born in l968. He is a high school graduate in sculpture, and cinematography (BA degree) from University of Art; and a teacher of painting in Kanoon. Some of his activities in the field of animation are:
- " Noghli and Snow Crystals" as animator
- "Playmate" as assistant puppet maker
As a filmmaker he has directed the following animations:
- " The Sun Rises Again", 35mm, l988
- " Flower", 16mm, 1988
- "The Man and Shadow", 16mm, l988
- "Blue Boy", video series, 1999
- "Mahsa", 35mm, 2002. This film has been awarded the best animation in Iranian competition of International Festival of Films for Children and Young Adults Isfahan 2003, and the best short film in the international competition of the same festival.
The following are some of his short film projects:
- "Two Sisters", 35mm, 1999, for which he has won the following awards: best short film from view point of Iranian Cinema Production Syndicate, 2002, the best script and direction from The Holy Defense Festival, 2001, Unica silver medal, Holland, 2000, Ebensi golden emblem, Austria, 2000, Bilbao Festival grand prize and the best fiction film, Spain 2000, and Lichtenstein Short Film Festival, grand prize 2000.
"Bird" video, 2000", Grandfathers Don't Know Modern Poetry", video, 2000, The Unwritten Letter, 35mm, 2001 which has had presence in Cannes Festival France, junior section, 2002, and has won the gold medal in Houston Festival 2002.
Black-out, 35mm, 2003, has appeared in Drama Festival Greece, International competition 2004.
He has also directed "we are all good", a feature film, 35mm, in 2004
As a scriptwriter, Mr. Mirbagheri has collaborated in the following projects: "Towards the Sky", feature film, 2000, "The Fifth Person", short film, 2001, "Sunshine", short animation, 2001, "Apple", short animation, 2001, "Tin Star", short animation, 2002, "Made In Japan", feature film, 2002, "Inferno, Limbo, Heaven", feature film, 2002, "To Own", feature film, a group work, 2002, "Third Floor", feature film, 2004, "The Rainy Night, short film, a group work, 2004 and "what is God", short film 2004.
Amongst his other activities are the making of over 100 commercial teasers, teaser for the 22nd Fajr Festival and a number of documentaries. He has also illustrated "Jirak and Jourak (children's book) in four volumes.