Kalari started his film career in 1984 as the cinematographer of Jadehay sard ( 1985 ) ( Frosty Roads ) for which he won the Best Cinematography award at Tehran 's Fajr International Film Festival . He has shot more than 65 films since then including some of the most critically acclaimed and talked about movies in Iran and internationally . To mention a few : '' Sorb '' ( 1988 ) ( winner of the best cinematography ) , '' Reyhaneh '' ( 1995 ) ( screened at San Sebastián International Film Festival ) , '' Time of Love '' ( 1990 ) ( filmed in Turkey and screened at the Cannes Film Festival ) , '' From Karkheh to Rein '' ( 1990 ) ( filmed in Germany and screened at the Hamburg and Mannheim Film Festivals ) , '' Sara '' ( 1992 ) ( screened at the San Sebastián , New York City , Los Angeles , and Chicago Film Festivals ) , '' Salaam Cinema '' ( 1995 ) ( screened at the Montréal , Toronto , Los Angeles , New York , and Cannes Film Festivals ) , '' Gabbeh '' ( 1996 ) ( screened at Cannes , Montreal , Toronto , Vancouver , New York , Los Angeles and 21 other International Film Festivals around the world , winner of Best Cinematography at Fajr International Film Festival and winner of Fujifilm Motion Picture Award ) , '' Leila '' ( 1997 ) ( screened at 7 international film festivals and the winner of the best cinematography at Fajr Film Festival ) , '' Derakhte Golabi '' ( 1998 ) ( winner of Silver Hugo at Chicago Film Festival and chosen as the Best Motion Picture Photography by the international jury of the Fajr Film Festival ) , '' The Wind Will Carry Us '' ( 1999 ) for which Kalari received nominations for Best Cinematography in the Main Competition of Plus CAMEIMAGE International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography , and '' Offside '' ( 2006 ) ( screened at the Berlin , New York , and AFI Film Festivals )
Fajr International Film Festival
Fajr International Film Festival
Mahmoud Kalari