Asghar Yusifinejad

Asgar Yusifinejad was born in Tabriz in 1969.^[1] He graduated from Tehran's Iran Broadcasting University.^[1] Since 1989, he was active as a director, writer and producer.^[1]

In September 2022, he was hospitalized due to a brain hemorrhage.^[2] He underwent surgery^[3] and died on September 13 due to a stroke.^[4][5] He was buried in the Vadi-e Rahmat Cemetery in Tabriz on September 14.^[6]

 In 2016, Asgar Yusifinejad directed the film "Ev" in Tabriz.^[7][8] From 2004 to 2017, the film "House" was the first film made in the Azerbaijani language to participate in the "Fajr International Film Festival".^[9] The film, shown with Persian subtitles, won the NETPAC award and the Simurgh Zarrin and Simin awards for best screenplay and best film at the 35th Fajr International Film Festival.^[10][11] The film was later awarded the "Special Prize of the Jury" at the "Transylvania International Film Festival" held in Romania in May 2018.^[12][13]

His 2020 film "Golchaq" was also shot in Azerbaijani in Tabriz.^[14][15] It was not accepted to the 40th "Fajr International Film Festival".^[5][14][16] Iranian film director Bahruz Afghami said that although the film "Golchaq" is an impressive film, it will not participate in the Fajr Festival because it is in Turkish.^[4][17] In April 2023, the creative team of the film "Golchak" was awarded at the 42nd "Istanbul Film Festival".^[18] The first showing of the film in the cinema took place in Turkey in 2023 after the director's death.^[19][20] On March 25, 2024, the film was shown in a cinema in Tabriz.^[21][22][23]