Seyed Mehdi Shojaee 's early works were published as serial stories in newspapers when he was 20 years old . For the next eight years , he worked as Cultural Editor of the Persian daily Jomhouri-e Eslami Newspaper and for another eight years subsequent to that as Editor-in-Chief at the monthly Sahifeh . Seyed Mehdi Shojaee has authored a number of plays and scripts . He has translated and written over 100 books for children and young adults . During 1986-1996 , he was a juror for the Fajr International Film Festival , the Esfahan International Festival of Film and Video for Children and Young Adults , the Fajr International Theater Festival and the National Press Festival . He is an Iranian cinema and theatre critic . He was on the Board of Directors of the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults for some years . He has written a play script on the life of the Martyr Mostafa Chamran for a TV series as well as a play script about Joseph for the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting . Among other scripts authored by Seyed Mehdi Shojaee are " Badouk " , " Father " ( directed by Majid Majidi ) and " Bat 's Eye " . Some of his religious works include " Sun in Veil " , " Father , Love and Son " , " The Berthed Ship " , " Two Pigeons " , and " Two Windows " . He is the founder of Neyestan Book Publishing House which has been a reputable Iranian publisher of the works of contemporary writers and poets since 1987 . “ Santamaria “ ( Saint Mary ) , “ Unpublishable “ & “ Democracy or Democrashing ” are among his most acclaimed books
Fajr International Film Festival
Fajr International Film Festival
Seyyed Mahdi Shojaee