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Film Director | Writer | Editor

Mahdi Ahmadi

Mahdi Ahmadi is a filmmaker based in Minnesota. 

Statement

I write primarily about fear and death. My work explores the contrast between human suffering and the indifference—the silence—of the universe that surrounds it. Within this silence, my characters struggle to extract meaning from experience, to survive, and, at times, simply to continue existing or reproducing life in a world that offers no reassurance. In this sense, place and environment become active forces in my narratives: the world surrounding the protagonist functions as a character in its own right, often moving in a direction that does not align with the protagonist’s desires or intentions.

Rather than treating fear and death as abstract ideas, I approach them as lived conditions. I am interested in how ordinary human gestures—love, endurance, repetition, obsession—persist in the presence of inevitable erasure. Meaning in my work is not given; it is excavated, often imperfectly, through confrontation with loss and uncertainty.

Form and structure are central to how these themes are expressed. I consciously design the composition of my stories to amplify their emotional and philosophical core. This formal attention sometimes pushes the work toward an expressionist mode, where distortion, repetition, and heightened atmosphere reflect the inner states of the characters more truthfully than realism alone.

My Films

Hit and Run 2024

A man lives with his invisible bird after his wife’s death in an accident, until an invisible cat arrives and steals the bird. He sets out to pursue the cat in search of justice.

Life and Ideas of Brenna Busse (2022)

A short documentary about a doll maker in Minneapolis who talks to her creation and sends them out to the world to heal people. 

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