Biography

Reza Parsa is a Swedish film director. At the age of 22 he was admitted to the 4-year directing program at the legendary National Film School of Denmark (1991–95) and directed the most award-winning (11 awards) graduation film, Never (Gränsen), in the history of the school. To date Reza Parsa has won more than 30 national and international awards, including the Ingmar Bergman Award, the Student Academy Award (Student Oscar) and prizes in Cannes Film Festival, Brasília, Seattle, Chicago and San Sebastian. Before the Storm, Parsa's first feature film, is a suspense thriller which has achieved great critical success and has been sold to 35 countries worldwide, incl. USA. Reza Parsa and his screenwriter Johan Bergman Lindfors, both based in Sweden, are now preparing Parsa’s next feature film.

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