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Flatland is an experimental short dance film co-directed by Alireza Keymanesh and Amir Pousti was produced by 33 projects, composed by Peter Pir Hoseinloo in addition to the participation of a hundred female dancers in 2017. The movie is made based on a book of the same name written by Edwin Abbott in 1884 and it is 

about the various dimensions of the universe and the incapability of humankind in perceiving what is beyond the power of his perception as well as the concepts such as giving birth and collective living. Flatland is an experimental 

short dance film co-directed by Alireza Keymanesh and Amir Pousti was produced by 33 projects, composed by Peter Pir Hoseinloo in addition to the participation of a hundred female dancers in 2017. The movie is made based on a book of the same name written by Edwin Abbott in 1884 and it is about the various dimensions of the universe and the incapability of humankind in perceiving what is beyond the power of his perception as well as the concepts such as giving birth and collective living. Flatland is an experimental short dance film co-directed by Alireza Keymanesh and Amir Pousti was produced by 33 projects, composed by Peter Pir Hoseinloo in addition to the participation of a hundred female dancers in 2017. The movie is made based on a book of the same name written by Edwin Abbott in 1884 and it is about the various dimensions of the universe and the incapability of humankind in perceiving what is beyond the power of his perception as well as the concepts such as giving birth and collective living. he graduated in Acting from Tehran University of Arts before undertaking a one-year practical 
dance-theater research at ArtEZ University of Arts in the Netherlands in 2013. Aside from his project at ArtEZ, he also participated in dance, choreography, and DAI (Dutch Art Institute) classes throughout the whole year. As of 2022 he has been studying at York University’s Film M.F.A program in Toronto, Canada where his aim is to integrate features of contemporary dance and theater with the characteristics of experimental and nonlinear narrative cinema, in order to develop a personal cinematic style. As a filmmaker, Keymanesh has won several awards for his co-directed experimental dance film  "Flatland" from various festivals including: "Brussels Independent Film Festival", "Sydney World  Film Festival", "European Film Festival Mainstream & Underground" in Moscow, "Master of Art 
Film Festival" in Bulgaria, "Calcutta Cult Film Festival" in India, and "Feel the Reel Festival" in England. He was also awarded the Golden Filmmaking award of the Greensboro Dance Film Festival in North Carolina, United States, in 2021 for his other experimental dance film, "My Lovely Home."