Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
Public Free Children & Youth
Saturday, March 9, 2024 – 4:30 pm
North York Centre Atrium
North York Centre Atrium
Kayvan Tahaei is an Iranian-Canadian computer engineer, filmmaker, and photographer. He graduated from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran with a bachelor’s degree in computer engineering and completed a two-year movie directing course at Kanoon e Cinemagaran e Javan. He also studied fashion photography, street and photojournalism at George Brown College in Toronto. He has worked as an event and fashion photographer for various magazines and has won several international photography awards. He has also directed and produced some music videos.
His passion for cinema led him to make his first short film, “Simurgh”, based on a text by “Banafsheh Taherian”. The film premiered at the opening night of Cine-Iran film festival at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto and was selected for several other festivals, including Tirgan 2019. The film received more than one million views on different platforms.
Kayvan Tahaei is also a member of “Thrill The World”, a global dance group that performs Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. He has participated in various dance festivals at Harbourfront Fleck Dance Theater and Dundas Square.
کیوان طاهایی فارغ التحصیل مهندسی کامپیوتر از دانشگاه شهید بهشتی تهران و دارای مدرک کارگردانی سینما از کانون سینماگران جوان میباشد. او همچنین در کالج جورج براون تورنتو در رشته عکاسی fashion، خیابانی و عکاسی خبری تحصیل کرد. او به عنوان عکاس خبری و مد برای مجلات مختلف کار کرده و برنده چندین جایزه بین المللی عکاسی شده است. وی همچنین کارگردانی و تهیه کنندگی چند موزیک ویدئو را نیز بر عهده داشته است.
علاقه او به سینما باعث شد تا اولین فیلم کوتاهش به نام «سیمرغ» را بر اساس متنی از «بنفشه طاهریان» بسازد. این فیلم در شب افتتاحیه جشنواره سینه ایران در TIFF Bell Lightbox تورنتو به نمایش درآمد و برای چندین جشنواره دیگر از جمله تیرگان 2019 انتخاب شد. این فیلم در پلتفرم های مختلف بیش از یک میلیون بازدید کننده داشته است.
کیوان طاهایی همچنین یکی از اعضای گروه رقص جهانی “Thrill The World” است که آهنگ “Thriller” مایکل جکسون را اجرا می کند. او تا کنون در جشنواره های مختلف رقص در Harbourfront Fleck Dance Theatre و Dundas Square شرکت کرده است.
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Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
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Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
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Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
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Children & Youth
Lower Lobby
Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
Public
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Children & Youth
Lower Lobby
Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
Public
Free
Children & Youth
Lower Lobby
Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
Public
Free
Children & Youth
Lower Lobby
Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
Public
Free
Children & Youth
Lower Lobby
Amu Nowruz & Haji Firuz Greeting: Giant Puppet Show of Joyful Celebrations for Persian New Year
Public
Free
Children & Youth
Lower Lobby