Bahman Tavoosi

Bahman Tavoosi (Persian: بهمن طاووسی‎‎) is an award-winning Canadian Iranian writer, producer,filmmaker, based in Montreal., born in 1984 in Tehran.

Internationally award-winning filmmaker Bahman Tavoosi, made his first feature documentary A Dress Rehearsal for an Execution in 2013. The film reenacts the photo of " firing squad in Iran". Taken by Jahangir Razmi who hid his identity for 26 years, the photo portraits execution of political prisoners in post-revolution Iran. The story of the photo alone would make a fascinating documentary, but director and visual artist Bahman Tavoosi’s film is much more than a historical retelling of facts. Tavoosi records his process of restaging the photograph and meticulously seeks out a suitable location and cast. The source material becomes a muse, and a dramatic history is exposed and developed like a negative. Tavoosi dissects the role of documentary photography as art form and social commentary while questioning and highlighting creative licence and political history in this ambitious, cinematic and riveting piece of filmmaking. A Dress Rehearsal for an Execution played at numerous festivals, including Hot Docs and Hot Springs and was one of the most discussed documentaries in 2014. It received a number of credits and reviews,.. Press such as National post, Toronto Star, Voir and POV praised the film with descriptions such as" most original", ""fascinating" and "masterful" and the film won awards such as IFFA award of merit for documentary in Chicago.