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Ali Bitarafan, born 1967 in Qom, he began his career in 1981
by entering the theater group of the educational affairs in
Qom as actor and director. He then inclined to filmmaking
and made his first 8 mm film “Annulment” in 1984, and later
made “Valfajr”, “Simar”, “Wheelchair”, “The Caravan’s Bell”,
“Daddy Gave Bread”, and “The Holes”. He finally graduated in
the field of film direction.
His works include: “The Wheelchair”, “The Pilgrim”, “The
Father”, “The Messenger”, The Homework”, “The Friend’s
Alley”, “The Rain”, “Golbaft”, “Ab-o-Khak (The Homeland)”, “Viokahan”,
“Baa, Baa, Baa, Means We Are Hungry”, “Like the Sea”, the
13-part series “Osveha”, the 13-part series “The Wars of the
Prophet”, the 20-part series “40 Lands of Watching”, some
documentaries and documentary-fictions like “The Verses of
Quran as Viewed through the Mirror of Art”, “The Epic of 17
Khordad”, “Kowsar-e-Kavir”, “The Presence”, “Our Iran”, and
also many social, religious and cultural TV programs.
He has been a teacher of film direction in IYCS (Qom
Branch), the Islamic Youth Education of the Red Crescent,
and the Club of the Young Reporters.
He has been a member of the selection board of the 18th
Tehran Short Film Festival, a juror of the 3d Martyr Avini
Biennale (Oroomieh), a member of the selection board of the
2d Omid Film Festival (Ghazvin), and some provincial theater
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