YASER TALEBI
Director and Screenwriter
Iranian writer, director, producer, editor, and founder of Sunrise Film | IranDocs. A graduate in Cinema, he is a member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association (IRDFA), the Iranian Documentary Producers Guild (AIDProducers), and the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE).
Over the past two decades, Talebi has written, directed, produced, filmed, and edited award-winning observational documentaries exploring human resilience, cultural heritage, and the relationship between people and nature. His films have screened at major international festivals including IDFA, Berlinale, Hot Docs, Krakow, Shanghai, DMZ Docs, DOC NYC, and Thessaloniki, and have been broadcast by ARTE, NHK, Al Jazeera Documentary, Rai, and LCP.
His awards include the Silver Dragon for Best Documentary Director at the 63rd Krakow Film Festival for Destiny (2023), the Audience Award at Hot Docs for Beloved (2019), the DocsBarcelona Pro Award for No Friend but the Mountains (2026), and the Tokyo Docs Grand Prize for Two Sisters (2026).
Talebi has also served as a jury member at several international festivals, including the TRT International Documentary Awards (Turkey), OUTDOCS (China), Pambujan International Film Festival (Philippines), Diogenes International Short Film Festival (Georgia), and now the Doker International Documentary Film Festival.
Over the past two decades, Talebi has written, directed, produced, filmed, and edited award-winning observational documentaries exploring human resilience, cultural heritage, and the relationship between people and nature. His films have screened at major international festivals including IDFA, Berlinale, Hot Docs, Krakow, Shanghai, DMZ Docs, DOC NYC, and Thessaloniki, and have been broadcast by ARTE, NHK, Al Jazeera Documentary, Rai, and LCP.
His awards include the Silver Dragon for Best Documentary Director at the 63rd Krakow Film Festival for Destiny (2023), the Audience Award at Hot Docs for Beloved (2019), the DocsBarcelona Pro Award for No Friend but the Mountains (2026), and the Tokyo Docs Grand Prize for Two Sisters (2026).
Talebi has also served as a jury member at several international festivals, including the TRT International Documentary Awards (Turkey), OUTDOCS (China), Pambujan International Film Festival (Philippines), Diogenes International Short Film Festival (Georgia), and now the Doker International Documentary Film Festival.