Ali Samadi Ahadi

Ali Samadi Ahadi was born in 1972 in Azerbaijan/ Iran. During the Iran-Iraq war Ali escaped alone from home when he was 12 years old. He arrived in Germany without his family and took his Abitur (highest school degree in Germany, equivalent to British A-levels and US SAT) in Hannover. At the Gesamthochschule (equivalent to former polytechnics in GB. or amalgamated university in the US.) Kassel Ali Samadi graduated in Visual Communication. He’s already directed several short documentary films. The documentary Africa Mayibuye had its premiere at the filmfestival of Mannheim. For his music documentary film „Culture Clan“ Ali was nominated for the „rose d`or 2005“at the Montreux film festival. Lost Children is his debut as author and director. —lost-children.de