Biography

Reza Serkanian is an Iranian-born filmmaker active for over three decades in fiction and documentary. He began making short films at seventeen in Iran and gained early international recognition, with two selections at the Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival. After studying cinema in Tehran, he continued his artistic development at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam. He has been based in France since 1998 and works across Europe, Africa, and Iran, focusing on social realities and human relationships. He also works as an editor and cinematographer. His first feature film, Ephemeral Wedding, received the Sopadin & France Culture Screenplay Award and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 before its release in France. After Playmakers, a documentary co-produced with France 3 for television, his new feature film Intruders will be released theatrically in France in 2026.