Omid Abdollahi is an Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter, and editor with more than twenty years of experience in short fiction and documentary filmmaking. His practice spans directing, screenwriting, editing, and independent film production. His films have been screened and recognised at numerous international film festivals. His short film Glimmer received a Jury’s Special Mention at the 35th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France in 2013. In 2015, he received the Grand Prize for Best Filmmaker at the Sapporo International Short Film Festival in Japan for his trilogy of short films Bandage, Glimmer, and Hostess. His documentary project Winners received both Script Development and Production grants from the IDFA Bertha Fund. He was subsequently selected to participate in the 2015 IDFAcademy Summer School in Amsterdam, where he was one of the selected participants in the Editing Section. His latest short film, A Sweet Day, had its world premiere in the International Competition of the 79th Locarno Film Festival and was subsequently selected for the Short Cuts programme at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Omid Abdollahi is currently developing his first feature-length fiction film.