'''Ata Mojabi''' ({{langx|fa| عطا مجابی}}; born 1982 in Qazvin, Iran) is an Iranian screenwriter, film director and film producer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=عطا مجابی |url=https://iranianshortfilm.com/user/atamojabi/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=ISFA - سایت انجمن فیلم کوتاه ایران |language=fa-IR}}</ref> He is known for a number of short films that have been screened at international festivals and for his role in various selection and jury panels in Iranian and international short film festivals.

==Career==

Mojabi began his career making experimental short films with intertextual references to film history and later produced black-and-white shorts blending noir elements with Iranian architecture. His films have been selected for festivals such as the Tehran Short Film Festival, {{interlanguage link|In The Palace|it}}, L'Étrange Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aeroleads.com/in/ata-mojabi |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=aeroleads.com}}</ref> and won awards at prestigious film festivals such as Aix-en-Provence Tous Courts, and Tehran ISFF.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palmarès 2025 – Festival Tous Courts |url=https://festivaltouscourts.com/festival-2025/palmares-2025/ |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=festivaltouscourts.com}}</ref>

He wrote the web series Kashokhin (2019–2020), produced in partnership with the Filimo platform, which has also been shown on other streaming services such as tubi, filmin and indieflix.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kashokhin (2019) - Cast & Crew on MUBI |url=https://mubi.com/en/films/kashokhin/cast |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=mubi.com}}</ref>

Mojabi served for a while as the International Programs Director at the Iranian Youth Cinema Society and artistic director of the Tehran International Short Film Festival (the only Oscar Qualified festival in Iran).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ata Mojabi |url=https://www.shortfilmwire.com/fr/embedded/contact/100496921/Ata-Mojabi |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=www.shortfilmwire.com}}</ref> He has also been a member of selection and jury panels for several national and international film festivals.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-19 |title=According to the Public relations of the 40th TISFF, 58 short films admitted to the international cinema competition section of the 40th Tehran International Short Film Festival. {{!}} Tehran International Short Film Festival |url=https://www.tisff.ir/english/according-to-the-public-relations-of-the-40th-tisff-58-short-films-admitted-to-the-international-cinema-competition-section-of-the-40th-tehran-international-short-film-festival/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==

The Man Who Wasn't Here (2017)— director, editor, writer. Nominated for the best short film at the Fajr Film Festival and Tehran Int Short Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ata Mojabi |url=https://cinepobre.org/profile/ata-mojabi/3845/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=Cine Probe |language=en-US}}</ref>

SineCide or No One Believes Me But The Police Are Chasing The Wrong Man (2019) — experimental short; nominated for the best experimental film at the Tehran Short Film Festival, and selected at the L'etrange Film Festival, Seattle Int Film Festival.

Psychicken (2023)— co-production Iran–Italy; winner of Best Adapted Screenplay at Tehran Int Short Film Festival,<ref>{{Cite web |title=39th Tehran Short Film Festival announces winners; Descartes introduced to Oscars |url=http://iranpress.com/content/67885/39th-tehran-short-film-festival-announces-winners-descartes-introduced-oscars |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=iranpress.com |language=en}}</ref> nominated for the best film at Fajr Film Festival and also selected at the IN THE PALACE, MAGMA.

Rekindle (2025) - short film co-produced by Iran, the Netherlands, and Russia. It won the first place award at the FILM7DAYS Filmmaking Camp in Kazan,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Iran-Russia film 'Rekindle' wins top prize at Film7Days in Moscow |url=https://newspaper.irandaily.ir/7650/8/11049 |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=newspaper.irandaily.ir}}</ref> and was selected for competition at several film festivals, including the 48th Grenzland Filmtage Selb30th Portobello Film Festival, and the 15th ISFA Academy Awards.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=اولین حضور بین‌المللی فیلم کوتاه «دیدار» در جشنواره Grenzland Filmtage {{!}} ISFA – سایت انجمن فیلم کوتاه ایران |url=https://iranianshortfilm.com/%d8%ad%d8%b6%d9%88%d8%b1-%d8%a8%db%8c%d9%86%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%85%d9%84%d9%84%db%8c-%d9%81%db%8c%d9%84%d9%85-%da%a9%d9%88%d8%aa%d8%a7%d9%87-%d8%af%db%8c%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%b1/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |language=fa-IR}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=پذیرش فیلم کوتاه «Rekindle / دیدار» در جشنواره Portobello لندن – انجمن سینمای جوانان ایران |url=https://iycs.ir/%D9%BE%D8%B0%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%B4-%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%D9%85-%DA%A9%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%87-rekindle-%D8%AF%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B1-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AC%D8%B4%D9%86%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%87-por/ |access-date=2025-11-05 |website=iycs.ir}}</ref>

==Awards==

His recent short Rekindle (2025), a co-production between the Netherlands, Russia and Iran) won the 1st prize at the Film7Days international event held in Kazan, Tatarestan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film 7 days |url=https://7dayfilm.ru/ |access-date=2025-09-07 |website=7dayfilm.ru}}</ref>

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