Abbas Amini

Born in Abadan , Iran in 1982, he moved to Tehran in 2001 and began working as an assistant director on various features films . His first short films and documentaries focused on social topics such as the consequences of the Iraq-Iran war and particularly the welfare of children . He has been a volunteer for the Association for the Protection of Child Laborers (APCL) for the past ten years . His debut feature film VALDERAMA screened in the 2016 Berlinale Generation.