FOCAL POINT

Focal Point

Malasia. 2009. Color. 12 min. Ficción. Vídeo.
  • Film Director: Alireza Khatami; Ali Seiffouri.
  • Scriptwriter: Alireza Khatami.
  • Cinematography: Filus Ghazali.
  • Editing: Hoda Hajizadeh; Alireza Khatami.
  • Music: Milad Movahedi.
  • Sound: Martin Gillman.
  • Special Effects: Ali Seiffouri.
  • Producer: Alireza Khatami.
  • Co-production: Irán
A photographer's magical camera takes pictures of people's true soul mates. One day his love interest walks in to have herself photographed. What if he is not the one?

Alireza Khatami
Born in Iran in 1980, Alireza began working in the cinema and the advertising industry in his home country, and had worked with several prominent Iranian filmmakers. In 2004 he went to exile to Malaysia where he then worked as a Visual Effects Supervisor and studied Creative Multimedia. Awarded a Dean’s Fellowship in the school of Entertainment Arts, at Savannah College of Art & Design in 2010, Alireza moved to the United States to study Master of Fine Arts in Film & TV Production. In 2012, his debut manuscript was awarded in various festivals around the globe and subsequently received the prestigious residency of Cannes Film Festival. Currently he is developing his first feature film.
"Mr. Chang's New Address" (2013) / "Rain Dog" (2013) / "When The Curtain Falls" (2011)
Ali Seiffouri
Ali was born in Iran in 1981 and is an award winning digital artist based in USA. His major works are in the filed visual effects and 'Focal Point' is his first attempt toward film making. He studied Creative Multimedia in Malaysia and received his MA in Visual Effects from US. Currently he works for Electronic Arts.