Mahmoud Reza Sani is an award winning filmmaker and the president of the Ibn Arabi Film Festival (IBAFF) located in Murcia, Spain. He has written, directed and produced several short and feature films, documentaries and television serials. In 2000 he founded Arvandan Film Production which specializes in low budget, high caliber documentaries and films which are often shot under difficult conditions. Men at Work: Cinematic Lessons from Abbas Kiarostami is his first book.