Born in 1977 in Koohrang, Iran, Fereidoun Najafi is a graduate of Filmmaking from Soureh Film College. He’s made several short and documentary films including Khatoon, Where Is Fatemeh’s House?, The Twelfth Player, Little Rooster, The Route and Star, A Traveler to China, and The Last Migration. His films have screened in more than 100 national and international film festivals and received approximately 40 awards. The Skier is his feature film debut and is an APSA nominee for Best Youth Feature Film.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
