Mani Haghighi

Mani Haghighi (b. 1969, Tehran, Iran) was born into an artistic family: he is the grandson of Iranian screenwriter and director Eberahim Golestan, and the son of cinematographer Nemat Haghighi and costume designer Lili Golestan. He studied in Canada (philosophy at McGill University and University of Guelph, cultural studies at Trent University). In 2003 he debuted with the relationship drama Abadan. He followed this up three years later with an absurd parable based on an idea by Abbas Kiarostami, Men at Work (Kargaran mashghoole karand), screened in the section Another View at KVIFF 2006. Then came the relationship drama Canaan (2008). He also cowrote the script for Asghar Farhadi’s award-winning drama Fireworks Wednesday (Chaharshanbe-soori, 2006).

47. MFF Karlovy Vary