Pouya Aghelizadeh

Pouya Aghelizadeh is an Iranian film critic, screenwriter, and editor. He graduated in
Dramatic Literature and has a master’s degree in this field. He is one of the six Iranian
members of FIPRESCI. In Iran, he’s been an active movie session holder and festival
director for more than ten years; He also is a cinema teacher and holds workshops about
the “Theory of Acting in Cinema” and “Art of Editing” all around the world. His movie
analysis articles are focused on modern cinema and the theory of Lacan’s “Gaze” in
cinema, which include articles about great filmmakers like Bergman, Buñuel, Antonioni,
Tarkovsky, Andrei Zvyagintsev, etc. He’s been active as a critic at international festivals
like Busan International Film Festival, Berlinale, Helsinki, etc.
Pouya Aghelizadeh has been a consultant in many documentary films about the
prominent characters of the history of Iran and some English documentaries.