He was the head of jury team in SAARC Film Festival 2019 which was held in Sri Lanka.
[1][2][3][4] Now in his early forties, Hassan's successful Aberdeen-based restaurant business Cafe Harmony has allowed him to self-finance three feature films in the decade before Winners.
Until now, he has never been supported practically or financially by the Scottish or wider UK film industry, preferring to shape his own destiny working at extreme low-budgets, learning his craft and making a name for himself in Iran, India and Afghanistan.
After moving to UK, he attended the University of Aberdeen where he studied Cinema.
[9][10] He has remained involved in the political process in Iran and recently voted in the first round of the Presidential elections via a polling station in London.