CV
Basir Seerat (born 1983)
Adress Småbrukets Backe 31 Huddinge
E-post Basirseerat@gmail.com
Tel 0769564600
http://afghandocumentaryfilmfestival.com/
Education
2001 – 2005: Kabul University,
Bachelor of fine Arts with certificate from Cinema & Theater department, Kabul, Afghanistan
2010 – 2011: Atelier Varan Kabul and Paris cities
- Cinematographic writing & Cinema directing
- Film technique: picture, sound, editing, cinematography
- Learning the elaboration of documentary project
- The directing of short documentary film
2009: ZigZag Academy, Online Journalism Training Course
Basic Journalism, Editorial Values Online Journalism, Interviewing Political, Reporting Investigative Journalism
2004: Photo journalism at AINA media and culture center Kabul, Afghanistan
Skills
Cinematography
Sound
Light
Photojournalism
Model Photography
Industrial photography
Photo editing
Caption Writing
Adobe Premier
Adobe Lightroom
Adobe Photoshop
MS Office
Social media
Blogging
Basic web design
Events making
Festival organizing
Media Management
Documentary film and film festival managements
Awards
2013: Best documentary award for film of Little Afghanistan, “Afghan International Human Rights Film Festival”
2013: Best cinematography award for film of Little Afghanistan, “Mehragan Afghan Film Festival”
2012: Images & voice of hope, IVOH 2012 Award for Arts & Human rights media activism “Media can create meaningful, positive change in the world
Experience
- 2013 till now director of Afghan Documentary Film Festival, Stockholm and Asian Kulturhuset non-profit organization. Responsibilities: Film screenings, managing film festival, technical response, web and designing materials, inviting guests, general administration
- 2014 August – 2015 Feb Internship Cinematographer and photographer at Scandinavian Studios Editing video pilot, Photographer, Sound assistant, Light men and technical assistant.
- 2013 – 2017: Vice-Chairman at Saga International women film festival, Stockholm Responsibilities: Film screenings, managing film cafés, technical response, web and designing materials, inviting guests, general administration with other staff.’
- 2009 – 2012: Vice Chairman of Open Society Organization, Afghanistan. Responsibilities: Managing human rights events, supervising multimedia projects, short film productions, photo exhibitions.
- 2007 – 2012: Editor in Chief, Project supervisor, International Relation officer, and advisor at 3rd Eye Film & Photojournalism Agency, Afghanistan
- 2005 – 2012: Directed 5 short films. Little Afghanistan &Bird, Street is my home for Ateliers Varan Paris, and 3 short fictions for OSO & 3rd Eye Film & Photojournalism Center.
- 2004 – 2018: more than 20 photo exhibitions, groups, and individuals inside and outside Afghanistan. New York, Kabul, Bamiyan, Switzerland, Iran, Danmark, Sweden & Australia.
Interests
Working with culture projects
Film projects
TV shows
Photography projects
Social media
Media Management
Event making
Human rights activism
Other relevant platforms
Languages
Persian: native
English: fluent
Swedish: fluent
Urdu: good
Pashto: good
REFRENSER
- Mehrdad Darvishpour Professor i universitetet, 0736631177 mehrdad.darvishpour@mdh.se
- Bahman Sadiqi, ABF, 076 209 05 03, bahman.sadeghi@elvira-kunskap.se
- Sara Baghrishad Journalist 0700530584, z.bagherishad@gmail.com