Keywan Karimi

Born in 1985, Karimi is an Iranian filmmaker of Kurdish origin. His short films, such as Broken Border (2012) and The Adventures of a Married Couple (2013), were presented in numerous international film festivals. Because of his documentary Writing on the City (2015), focusing on the graffiti of Tehran walls from the 1979 Islamic Revolution to the 2009 re-election of Mohamoud Ahmadinejad, Karimi was condemned to six years in prison and 223 lashes for "offending Islamic sacredness." He released from prison last April 2017. he was unable to travel anywhere, for example: the Venice Film Festival for the premiere of DRUM (its his first feature film). Keywan freedom is in a state of limbo.