Ghazal Partou
AWARDS and accomplishments
2024 Awards for “Best Original Screenplay” from the New World Film Festival
Award of Best Indie Short From the International Tokyo Cinema Awards For” Amphibious” Written, Directed and Produced By Ghazal Partou
2023 Award of Distinction movie From Canada International Shorts Film Festival for “Amphibious” Written, Directed and Produced By Ghazal Partou
Winner of Vienna Indie Short Film Festiva as Best Empowering Movie l” Amphibious”
Written, Directed and Produced By Ghazal Partou
2022 Jury Member of "AGIFF" International Film Festival
2021 Special Mention Lead Actress for the feature film" You Won't See Winter"
In Five Continents International Film Festival
2021 Best Acting Award, "AGIFF" ART GATE FILMS International Film Festival
Montreal, Canada
2015 Jury Member of art RBC Arts Access fund for newcomer artists
Winner of the third TELUS Newcomer Artist Award, Toronto, Canada
2014 Finalists for the second TELUS Newcomer Artist Award, one of the
Outstanding Vision Awards of Toronto Arts Foundation
2011 1st Prize, The 6th National Sculpture Biennial of Tehran, Iran
1st Prize, The 2nd Annual Online Iranian Contemporary Art Competition | Persbook
2010 Best Acting Teacher Award, School Theatre Festival, Tehran, Iran
1st Prize, Playwriting and Directing (my play: White Bird in the Mirror), School Theatre Festival, Tehran, Iran
EDUCATION
2006 - 2010 B.A. In Sculpture, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
2002 - 2004 Diploma of Graphic Design, Azadegan Art School, Tehran, Iran
2007 Certificate in Acting, Karnameh Institute of Arts and Culture, Tehran, Iran
2010 Certificate in Theatrical Media Makeup, Center for Young Filmmakers, Tehran, Iran
2013 Certificate of Attendance for completion of scriptwriting workshop with
Oscar-winning director “ASGHAR FARHADI,” Toronto, Canada
2022 Studies Acting for Film TV & The Theatre at Toronto Film School
Training and Workshops Attended
2021 Directing workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"
Acting workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"
2020 Mentee ”Stage and Film Acting Training Program” with “Anita LaSelva”
2019 Acting workshop with "Abdolreza Kahani"
2018 Acting workshop with "Asghar Farhadi"
Acting workshop with "Reza Kianian & Hedayat Hashemi"
Acting workshop with " Hatef Alimardani"
Acting Masterclass with "Hooman Seyedi"
Directing workshop with "Mani Haghighi"
2017 Acting Workshop with " Hooman Seyedi"
2016 Introduction to Wearable Media, OCAD University, Toronto, Canada
SELECTED CREDITS /Theatre, Cinema, Performance Art
2023 Amphibious (Short Film )
Actor : Raha Rouhollahi
Producer: Ghazal Partou
Director:& Writer: Ghazal Partou
Location: Toronto, Canada
2023 ENGLISH
Role: MARJAN
Producer: SOULPEPPER in CO-PRODUCTION WITH THE SEGAL CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS
Director: GUILLERMO VERDECCHIA & ANAHITA DEHBONEHIE
Writer: SANAZ TOOSSI
Location: Toronto & Montreal, Canada
2022 UNDERSTOOD
Role: Lover
Producer:Art Babayants &Tijana Sim
Director: Vojin Vasovic
Writer: Myrto Koumarianos
Location: Toronto, Canada
2021 Not My President
On-Set Acting Coach
Screenwriter & Director: Arvin Zokaei
Location: Toronto, Canada
Chekhov In Compliance "The Bear," A play written by Anton Chekhov
Role: Popova
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Toronto, Canada
A Moment, A Lifetime
Role: Leyla
Screenwriter & Director: A short movie by "Kamran Aminian"
Location: Toronto, Canada
Inconclusive
Role: Shaghayegh
Screenwriter & Director: A short movie by "Faranak Khodadadpour"
Location: Toronto, Canada
GUEST
Role: Shahrzad
Screenwriter & Director: A short movie by "Ehsan Shahindoost"
Location: Toronto, Canada
O2
Role: anonymous
Director: A short movie By "Ramin Rousta"
Location: Toronto, Canada
2020 You won't See Winter
Role: Rezvaneh
Screenwriter & Director: A feature movie by "Abdolreza Kahani"
Location: Toronto, Canada
The Woman I Want زنی که میخواهم / based on the writings of Zandokht Shirazi Role: Reader,
Written, directed and edited by Gita Hashem
Location: Performed and recorded online, July 2020, Toronto, Canada
2019 Dang show ( Music Band)
Music concert
Invited Singer: Ghazal Partou
Location: Aga Khan Museum, Toronto, Canada
In Sundry Languages
Role: Multiple Roles
Director: Art Babayants
Location: Fairview Library Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Dang show ( Music Band)
Music concert At Tirgan Festival
Invited Singer: Ghazal Partou
Location: Harbourfront Centre Theatre
2018 Free Like Air
Second assistant director: Ghazal Partou
Screenwriter & Director: A Film by "Abdolreza Kahani"
Writers: Reza Attaran, Abdolreza Kahani
Filming Location: Toronto, Canada
2017 ARASH
Role: Arash
Director: Soheil Parsa
Location: Harbourfront Centre Theatre, Toronto, Canada
The Cripple of Inishmaan
Role: Billy
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Glendon Theatre, Toronto, Canada
2016 One-way Ticket
An interactive performance: Ghazal Partou
Production manager: Rouzbeh Sharbaf
Location: Toronto City Hall, Canada
That Ugly Mess That Happened in St. Catharines
Co-creator and direction collaborator: Ghazal Partou
Producer: DLT Company
Location: St. Catharine, Canada
Iran Cinema's Tree
A video by: Ghazal Partou
Technical collaboration: Rouzbeh Sharbaf
Location: Toronto, Canada
2015 Tirgan Volunteers video
Idea & Creative Director: Ghazal Partou
Producer: Yazdan Tabrizi
Location: Toronto, Canada
Cut-out Project –An installation designed by Ghazal Partou
Location: Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
In Mane To
Role: Vafa
Director: Elham Yousefi
Location: Espace 4001 Berri in Montreal, Quebec
2014 Two Ducks in The Fog
Role: Maria - Akram
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Canada
At This Very Moment - An Antiwar Freeze Flash Mob by Ghazal Partou
Location: Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada
Once Upon a Time, I Had a Friend - Video Performance by Ghazal Partou
Location: OFF Studio - Tehran, Iran
Two Ducks in The Fog
Role: Maria - Akram
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Location: Atelier RZLBD, Bayview Village, Toronto, Canada
2013 Moment of Silence
Role: Shiva
Playwright and Director: Mohammad Yaghoubi
Location: Hart House Theatre, Toronto, Canada
Operatic Narration of Arash, the Archer
Role: Arash
Director: Siavash Shabanpour
Creator: Iranian-Canadian Composers of Toronto (ICOT)
Location: WestJet Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
The Man Who Was Mistaken For Grass
Roles: Flight attendant, Hotel receptionist, Student, Crazy Professor, Airline Secretary
Director: Ebrahim Poshtkouhi
Location: Tehran, Iran
We Disappear - A Video Performance by Ghazal Partou
Location: Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2011 Khatme Biveh
Role: Writer's wife
Playwright and Director: Nima Dehghani
Location: Tehran, Iran
2010 White Bird In The Mirror
Playwright and Director: Ghazal Partou
Location: School Theatre Festival, Tehran, Iran
2008 Dog Sweat (winner at Rome International Film Festival and Austin Film Festival in 2010)
Role: Homeless girl
Director: Hossein Keshavarz
2007 The Customer Is Not Available
Role: Sara
Director: Reza Kamali
Location: Tehran, Iran
2006 Goodbye Beautiful
Role: Theatre photographer
Director: Ahmad Kamyabi Mask
Location: Tehran, Iran
Urfa
Role: Theatre photographer
Director: Azadeh Shah Moayeri
Location: Ninth International Festival of Student Theatre, Tehran, Iran
City Lights
Role: Theatre photographer
Playwright and Director: Arash Tanhayi
Location: Ninth International Puppet Festival –Tehran, Iran
The Wall
Role: Pregnant woman
Director: Salman Farkhondeh
Location: Shiraz, Iran
SELECTED CREDITS / Sculpture, Design
2013 We Disappear | Video performance | Dastan Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2012 Without Border 3 | Persbook Art, 3rd Exhibition | the House Of Artists Gallery | Tehran, Iran
2011 6th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial | Tehran, Iran
Persbook Art, 2nd Annual Iranian Contemporary Art | Tehran, Iran
2010 Mere Imagination |Solo Sculpture Exhibition | Fravahr Art Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2nd Urban Sculpture Biennial | Tehran, Iran
2009 Group Exhibition | Khark Gallery, Tehran, Iran
2007 5th Tehran Contemporary Sculpture Biennial | Tehran, Iran
ACTIVITIES
2010-2011 Acting Teacher, Mahdavi Guidance School, Tehran, Iran
1998-2002 Member, Youth Group of the Madaran Emrooz (MAM) Institute, Tehran, Iran
1998-2001 Volunteer Writer for The Talking Doll magazine, Tehran, Iran
SKILLS & TECHNIQUES
Computer Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Illustrator, Video Editing, Microsoft Office Programs:
Word, Excel, PowerPoint
Printmaking: Etching, Aquatint, Mezzotint, Linoleum, Woodcut, Monoprint, dry-point, Monotype, Screenprinting
Photography: Analog photography, Digital photography, Photographic printing, Printing on black-and-white paper, Photo Editing
Painting: Oil, Pastel, Acrylic, Watercolor, Ink, Vitray
Sculpture: Lost-wax casting, Moulding techniques, Casting, Relief, Sramek, Glass
2010 - present
2010 - present