Farzad Samsami

Farzad Samsami is an Iranian-Norwegian film director based in Oslo. Across his body of work, he has consistently explored questions of identity, belonging, displacement, and the fragile bonds that connect us. With a restrained and deeply human cinematic voice, his films often focus on characters caught between places, cultures, languages, and emotional realities. His debut short film, FOAD (2014), premiered in International Competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival and won the Bridging...