Masterclass by Mehrdad Oskouei will be held on Wednesday, March 1st in Kaptol Boutique Cinema 5. In this masterclass, Mehrdad Oskouei will talk more about challenges in making his last documentary film Starless Dreams, centered around girls in Iran’s detention system.

Mehrdad Oskouei is an Iranian filmmaker, producer, photographer and researcher born in Tehran in 1969 and later graduating in film direction from the University of Arts. His films have been screened at numerous festivals both at home and abroad to great critical acclaim, making him one of the major Iranian documentary filmmakers. In 2010, Oskouei received the Dutch Prince Claus Award for his achievements. He is a founding member of the Institute of Anthropology and Culture and has sat on several international film festival juries, as well as being a cultural ambassador for the United Nation’s humanitarian committee UCHA. He also teaches at film schools around Iran and is active in the Tehran Arts and Culture Association. His film The Last Days of Winter was released in France in 2013 to both critical and public acclaim.

More about the masterclass can be found HERE.

ZagrebDox Pro training programme is organized with the support of Creative Europe - MEDIA Programme of the European Union, Government of The Republic of Croatia - Office for cooperation with NGOs, Croatian Audiovisual Center and the City of Zagreb.