Behtash Sanaeeha


Behtash Sanaeeha is an Iranian film director, producer, screenwriter

Biography

Behtash Sanaeeha was born in Shiraz, a city located in the Fars province. He graduated in civil engineering BA,later he left his master MA program in architecture and started to write scripts and directing short films, documentaries and commercial ads.He also wrote and directed two animated TV series and a TV fiction film. " Risk of Acid Rain" is his first feature film which has won the Best Screenplay of the 31st Fajr Film Festival, and also got nominated for the best film in Arts and Experience section in the same festival. Risk Of Acid Rain also won the first prize of "Brilliant Talents" section from the 9th celebration of film critics.
Sanaeeha also won the 2015 Netpac award from Iranian Film Festival in Australia. The successful film was also screened at more than thirty international festivals.
After his first feature, Sanaeeha Co-directed a documentary film named "The Invincible Diplomacy of Mr Naderi"in 2017 with Maryam Moqadam which has won numerous awards at domestic and international film festivals. In 2018, Behtash Sanaeeha was also selected to be a jury member for Ingmar Bergman Award in Sweden, which is one of the most important awards in the world to be given to first film directors.

Filmography

Awards & Festivals