{"id":25,"date":"2024-01-06T01:01:26","date_gmt":"2024-01-06T01:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-02-24T22:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T22:45:08","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/?page_id=25","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"25\" class=\"elementor elementor-25\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-426d9766 envato-kit-141-top-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"426d9766\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-682b13fe\" data-id=\"682b13fe\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d753ed7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6d753ed7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d5c5854 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2d5c5854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mina Keshavarz<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-725fc71d elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"725fc71d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-271cacfb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"271cacfb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:200}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Documentary Filmmaker &amp; Producer <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-20fcbef4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"20fcbef4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dd55603\" data-id=\"5dd55603\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cc71be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3cc71be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2c4d2c03 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2c4d2c03\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>An awarded Iranian documentary filmmaker and creative producer Mina Keshavarz was born in 1984. Her films are about social issues with a personal narrative which have premiered in <strong>IDFA, Thessaloniki, Busan International Film Festival, Sheffield, Tribeca, London Film Festival<\/strong> including <strong>\u201cUnwelcome in Tehran\u201d<\/strong>, \u201c<strong>Profession: Documentaries<\/strong>\u201d, \u201c<strong>Braving the Waves<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>The Art of Living in Danger<\/strong>\u201d. Her films have been supported by <strong>IDFA Bertha Fund, Sorfond, Fritt Ord,<\/strong> <strong>Arte\/ ZDF, NRW Cinema Fund and HotDocs International CrossCurrent Theatrical Fund<\/strong>.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-561d1b4b\" data-id=\"561d1b4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9876f69 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9876f69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:350}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-af62d89 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"af62d89\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-2c66fee\" data-id=\"2c66fee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e944bc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e944bc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Besides her films as director, Mina produced \u201c<strong>Fish Eye<\/strong>\u201d directed by Amin Behroozzadeh which has been premiered in <strong>Visions du Reel 2020<\/strong>. This film won best film in progress award in <strong>Sarajevo Film Festival 2019<\/strong> and nominated for best International Documentary film in <strong>DOCPOINT<\/strong> Film Festival Finland and has been screened in more than 20 film festivals around the world and broadcasted widely in Europe.<\/p><p>She is an alumnus of <strong>Berlinale Talents, HotDocs Emerging Docs Accelerator Lab<\/strong>, <strong>EsoDoc, Tribeca Film Institute<\/strong>, she is an invited fellow in <strong>Nipkow Film Residency in Berlin<\/strong>, <strong>Berlin Air Film Residency, Akademie der Kunste Berlin, Cite Internationale des Arts <\/strong>and future fellow at<strong> Camargo Foundation in Marseille in 2025. <\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe Art of Living in Danger\u201d <\/strong>won<strong> Best Documentary Film award in Busan International Film Festival 2020 <\/strong>and has been longlisted for<strong> Oscar feature length documentary film competition 2021<\/strong> among 10 other International awards.<\/p><p>Her new documentary film \u201c<strong>Phobos<\/strong>\u201d is a short experimental film which is part of a program called <strong>A Sense of Place <\/strong>supported by <strong>Wim Wenders<\/strong>. This film had its world premiere in <strong>CPH:Dox<\/strong> in <strong>March 2023<\/strong> and now traveling in other film festivals, such as Beldocs, Sheffield DocFest, DMZ Dox, Boston City Hall, Berlin Sinema Transtopia, retc.<\/p><p>She is member of <strong>DAE (Documentary Association of Europe)<\/strong> and <strong>EWA (European Women in Audiovisual).<\/strong> she was also jury member in CPH:Dox International Film Festival 2024, One World Media Awards 2021 in London and lecturer in ESoDoc\/ Zelig Film School in Italy and Griffith Film School in Brisbane, Australia.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67c2b1a9 elementor-section-content-middle envato-kit-141-top-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">future projects<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37a08975 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"37a08975\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:300}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5bfa6c42 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5bfa6c42\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1b4e0a5a\" data-id=\"1b4e0a5a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afbb5e9 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afbb5e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:350}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1506\" height=\"848\" src=\"https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mina-Profile-2_-Hope.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1634\" alt=\"mina keshavarz explains about her new film : hope against hope\" srcset=\"https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mina-Profile-2_-Hope.jpg 1506w, https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mina-Profile-2_-Hope-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mina-Profile-2_-Hope-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Mina-Profile-2_-Hope-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1506px) 100vw, 1506px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35809f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35809f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mina Keshavarz, is working on her new film project \u201cHope Against Hope\u201d, which won Berlin Fund for female filmmakers, invited to present at IDFA Film Festival, DocCircle Women program and she invited to Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies (LIAS) in Culture and Society to present the idea of this project to artists fellows there<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39de1d71 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39de1d71\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-55eb5c5\" data-id=\"55eb5c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-291d5873 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"291d5873\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-7e84f338\" data-id=\"7e84f338\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29aa3945 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29aa3945\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Films<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a7cae5c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2a7cae5c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-124a591e elementor-align-center elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"124a591e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/?page_id=49\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6f48dbea\" data-id=\"6f48dbea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f949550 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f949550\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Panels and Lectures<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55564fe5 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"55564fe5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5387bcb elementor-align-center elementor-tablet-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"5387bcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/minakeshavarz.com\/?page_id=1689\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Learn More<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca1fbcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"ca1fbcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-28d0f86 envato-kit-141-top-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"28d0f86\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c0e288\" data-id=\"7c0e288\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-4306e6d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"4306e6d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-322e3b8\" data-id=\"322e3b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56fd0ed elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"56fd0ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filmography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c27bd7 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9c27bd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">producer<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd27ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dd27ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Red Mist Descending (Fiction Films, Iran-France-Germany-120 min-2026)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Qabil (Fiction, Iran, 100 mins, 2027)<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Hope Against Hope (Creative Documentary, Iran-France-Norway, 100 mins, 2026)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Fish Eye (Documentary Film, Iran70 min, 2020)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Sarajevo International Film Festival- Work in Progress Award-2019<\/li><li>Visions du Reel International Film Festival 2020<\/li><li>DocPoint International Film Festival 2021<\/li><li>Pune International Film Festival 2021<\/li><li>Duhok International Film Festival 2021<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>The Art of Living in Danger (Documentary Film, Iran\/Germany, 87 mins, 2020)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Busan International Film Festival 2020<\/li><li>Sheffield Doc\/Fest 2020<\/li><li>IDFA Best of Fests 2020<\/li><li>Inconvenient International Human Rights Film Festival 2020<\/li><li>Izmir International Documentary Film festival 2020<\/li><li>IWART 2021<\/li><li>FilmMore International Women Film Festival 2021<\/li><li>Qualified for Best feature length documentary Awards Oscar 2021<\/li><li>PortoFemme Film Festival (October 2021)<\/li><li>Feminist Film Festival, Romania (September 2021)<\/li><li>Slovenia Docu Film Festival (September 2021)<\/li><li>Cyprus International Film Festival (November 2021)<\/li><li>JAYU Human Rights Film Festival\/ Toronto \/ December 2021<\/li><li>Women Voices Now Film Festival \/ US \/ March 2022<\/li><li>Lisbon Contemporary Art Museum \/ Lisbon \/ October 2022<\/li><li>American Museum of Asian Arts \/ US \/ December 2022<\/li><li>Eye Museum \/ Amsterdam \/ March 2023<\/li><li>Istanbul Cinematek \/ Istanbul \/ May-June 2023<\/li><li>No Man\u2019s Art Gallery \/ Amsterdam \/ April-May 2023<\/li><li>Flying Broom International Women Film Festival \/ Ankara \/ May-June 2023<\/li><li>Documentarist International Film Festival \/ Istanbul \/ June 2023<\/li><li>MEP (Maison od Photography Europe) \/ Paris \/ September 2023<\/li><li>Akademie Der Kunste , Berlin, March 2024<\/li><li>Belfield University , Belfield , Germany, May 2024<\/li><li>Hastam Contemporary Art Festival, Hamburg, August 2024<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mecenat Award for Best Documentary Film in Busan International Film Festival<\/li><li>Nominated for Best Feature length documentary Award in One World Media Awards 2021<\/li><li>Best Feature Length Documentary Film Award in Feminist Film Festival Bucharest 2021<\/li><li>Best Feature Length Documentary Award in Porto Femme Film Festival, Portugal 2021<\/li><li>Special Mention human rights award in Porto Femme Film Festival, Portugal 2021<\/li><li>Best Feature Length Documentary Film in Cyprus International Film Festival \u2013 Cyprus 2021<\/li><li>Special Jury Prize in Women Voices Now Film Festival \u2013 US \u2013 March 2023<\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Quand Les Iraniennes font la loi, Mina Keshavarz, 2019, Iran-Germany,52 min, Arte Tv<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><strong>Braving the Waves (Documentary Film, Iran\/Norway\/France\/Lebanon, 90 mins, 2016)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Films from South International Film Festival, Oslo, Norway<\/li><li>International Trondheim Documentary Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway<\/li><li>International Cinema Verite Film Festival, Tehran, Iran<\/li><li>One World International Human Rights Film Festival, Prague, Czech<\/li><li>Nordic International Documentary Film Festival, Oslo, Norway<\/li><li>ArchFilm Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2017<\/li><li>L\u2019escales Documentaire Film Festival, La Rochelle, France, November 2017<\/li><li>London International Documentary Film Festival\/ LIDF2017<\/li><li>Women Voices Now, USA, 2018<\/li><li>MelDoc Film Festival, Macedonia, 2018<\/li><li>Les Mois du Documentaire (Month of Documentary Film in France )\/ November 2021<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Special Mention Award for Best Feature Length Documentary In<\/li><\/ul><p>London Documentary International Film Festival 2017<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Sange Saboor, Interactive Documentary Podcast, 2019<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>Others, Interactive documentary , Iran-Netherlands , 2016<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b65c20a elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b65c20a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2bc76a8\" data-id=\"2bc76a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-91edb9a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"91edb9a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d6c49ad\" data-id=\"d6c49ad\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4bc1c81 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4bc1c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Filmography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b9c6d4 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3b9c6d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">writer and director<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698c743 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698c743\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Hope Against Hope (In progress &#8211; Creative Documentary, Iran-France-Norway, 100 mins, 2026)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Phobos (Documentary Film, Iran\/Germany\/France, Documentary Film 15 min, 2023)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>CPH:Dox International Film Festival , 2023<\/li><li>BelDox International Film Festival, 2023<\/li><li>Sheffield Doc\/Fest International Documentary Film Festival, 2023<\/li><li>Kerala International Short and Experimental Film Festival<\/li><li>European Film Festival, Rome, 2023<\/li><li>Linz International Film Festival, 2023<\/li><li>DMZ International Documentary Film Festival, 2023<\/li><li>Filmic Experiment in Ethnography , Athen Ethnography Film Festival , 2023<\/li><li>Sinema Transtopia, Berlin Premiere, 2024<\/li><li>Millennium Against Gravity International Short Film Festival, 2024<\/li><li>Boston City Hall, 2024<\/li><li>MEP (Maison de La Photography) Paris, 2024<\/li><li>Iranian Film Festival, Paris 2024<\/li><li>Seoul Women Film Festival, Seoul, 2024<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>The Art of Living in Danger (Documentary Film, Iran\/Germany, 87 mins, 2020)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Busan International Film Festival 2020<\/li><li>Sheffield Doc\/Fest 2020<\/li><li>IDFA Best of Fests 2020<\/li><li>Inconvenient International Human Rights Film Festival 2020<\/li><li>Izmir International Documentary Film festival 2020<\/li><li>IWART 2021<\/li><li>FilmMore International Women Film Festival 2021<\/li><li>Qualified for Best feature length documentary Awards Oscar 2021<\/li><li>PortoFemme Film Festival (October 2021)<\/li><li>Feminist Film Festival, Romania (September 2021)<\/li><li>Slovenia Docu Film Festival (September 2021)<\/li><li>Cyprus International Film Festival (November 2021)<\/li><li>JAYU Human Rights Film Festival\/ Toronto \/ December 2021<\/li><li>Women Voices Now Film Festival \/ US \/ March 2022<\/li><li>Lisbon Contemporary Art Museum \/ Lisbon \/ October 2022<\/li><li>American Museum of Asian Arts \/ US \/ December 2022<\/li><li>Eye Museum \/ Amsterdam \/ March 2023<\/li><li>Istanbul Cinematek \/ Istanbul \/ May-June 2023<\/li><li>No Man\u2019s Art Gallery \/ Amsterdam \/ April-May 2023<\/li><li>Flying Broom International Women Film Festival \/ Ankara \/ May-June 2023<\/li><li>Documentarist International Film Festival \/ Istanbul \/ June 2023<\/li><li>MEP (Maison od Photography Europe) \/ Paris \/ September 2023<\/li><li>Akademie Der Kunste , Berlin, March 2024<\/li><li>Belfield University , Belfield , Germany, May 2024<\/li><li>Hastam Contemporary Art Festival, Hamburg, August 2024<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Mecenat Award for Best Documentary Film in Busan International Film Festival<\/li><li>Nominated for Best Feature length documentary Award in One World Media Awards 2021<\/li><li>Best Feature Length Documentary Film Award in Feminist Film Festival Bucharest 2021<\/li><li>Best Feature Length Documentary Award in Porto Femme Film Festival, Portugal 2021<\/li><li>Special Mention human rights award in Porto Femme Film Festival, Portugal 2021<\/li><li>Best Feature Length Documentary Film in Cyprus International Film Festival \u2013 Cyprus 2021<\/li><li>Special Jury Prize in Women Voices Now Film Festival \u2013 US \u2013 March 2023<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Braving the Waves (Documentary Film, Iran\/Norway\/France\/Lebanon, 90 mins, 2016)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Films from South International Film Festival, Oslo, Norway<\/li><li>International Trondheim Documentary Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway<\/li><li>International Cinema Verite Film Festival, Tehran, Iran<\/li><li>One World International Human Rights Film Festival, Prague, Czech<\/li><li>Nordic International Documentary Film Festival, Oslo, Norway<\/li><li>ArchFilm Festival, Istanbul, Turkey, October 2017<\/li><li>L\u2019escales Documentaire Film Festival, La Rochelle, France, November 2017<\/li><li>London International Documentary Film Festival\/ LIDF2017<\/li><li>Women Voices Now, USA, 2018<\/li><li>MelDoc Film Festival, Macedonia, 2018<\/li><li>Les Mois du Documentaire (Month of Documentary Film in France )\/ November 2021<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Special Mention Award for Best Feature Length Documentary In<\/li><\/ul><p>London Documentary International Film Festival 2017<\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><strong>Profession: Documentarist (Documentary Film, Iran\/ Collective work , 80 mins, 2014 )<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Sheffield Doc\/Fest 2014<\/li><li>21st Golden Boll International Film Festival, Adana,Turkey<\/li><li>International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA),2014<\/li><li>Cairo International Film Festival 2014, Cairo,Egypt<\/li><li>Asiatika International Film Festival,Rome,Italy 2014<\/li><li>Iranian London Film Festival, London,2014<\/li><li>Valladoli International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain,2014<\/li><li>Jihlava International Film Festival, Jihlava, Czech ,2014<\/li><li>Mumbai International Film Festival,Mumbai,India,2015<\/li><li>International Women Film Festival (IAWRT), Delhi, India, 2015<\/li><li>BAFICI Film Festival, Buenos aero, Argentina, 2015<\/li><li>Edoc Film Festival, Equator, 2015<\/li><li>Zurich Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland, 2015<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Tim Hetherington Award at Sheffield Doc\/Fest 2014<\/li><li>Special mention award at Asiatika film festival, Rome,2014<\/li><li>Audience\u2019s award at Cairo Women Film Festival, Cairo,2014<\/li><li>Best Documentary Award at London Film Festival, 2014<\/li><li>Best Documentary Award at Mumbai Film Festival,2015<\/li><li>Best Documentary Award at Women Voice Now Film Festival,2017<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li><strong>Unwelcome in Tehran (Documentary Film, Iran, 52 mins, 2012)<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><p>Selected Screening:<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>&#8211; 14th International Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, March 2012<\/p><p>&#8211; 11th international Filmmor Women Film Festival, March 2013<\/p><p>&#8211; 11th UCLA Celebration of Iranian Cinema, April 2013<\/p><p>&#8211; 11th International Gd\u00e0nsk Documentary Film Festival, June 2013<\/p><p>&#8211; Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, China,2011<\/p><p>&#8211; 20th Regards sur le Cinema du Monde, January 2014, France<\/p><p>&#8211; Jean Rouch Film Festival, 2019, France<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Awards:<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Best Documentary Film of the year \u2013 Image Film Festival- Tehran- 2012<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Academic and\/or professional background <\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Diploma in Visual Anthropology- Tehran University \u2013 Fall 2009<\/li><li>Diploma in cultural Studies \u2013 Tehran University \u2013 2008<\/li><li>ZagrebDox Reality Check Documentary Film Workshop 2014<\/li><li>9 months Close-up Documentary Development Program 2014-2015<\/li><li>9 months EsoDoc (European Social Documentary Development Program) \u2013 Italy- 2017-2018<\/li><li>HotDocs Emerging Filmmaker Lab \u2013 Toronto \u2013 2019<\/li><li>Berlinale Talent Campus \u2013 2019<\/li><li>Doc Station Berlinale Talent Campus &#8211; 2022<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-97087d8 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"97087d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c279967 envato-kit-141-top-0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c279967\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wider\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5d4f63\" data-id=\"a5d4f63\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-753cf0f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"753cf0f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f3370b\" data-id=\"8f3370b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0bc9d7e elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0bc9d7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prizes and fellowships\/grants dated by year<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5211e3a elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5211e3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Residencies and Fellowships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e150257 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e150257\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Camargo Foundation Residency , February 2025- May 2025<\/li><li>Akademie der Kunste and Martin Roth Initiative Fellowship, Berlin, October 2023- September 2024<\/li><li>No Nation Films Production company Fellowship \u2013 Fall\/Winter 2023-2024<\/li><li>Camera Libre Residency, Cite Internationale des Arts, Paris, April 2023- October 2023<\/li><li>Villa Serpentara Fellowship, October &#8211; December 2022<\/li><li>Berlin Air Film Residency, Berlin, February- May 2021<\/li><li>EWA Women in Film and Audiovisual Fellowship \u2013 2020\/2021<\/li><li>Nipkow Film Residency, Berlin, September- October 2019<\/li><li>Cinephilia Film Residency, NewYork, 2017<\/li><li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12d95fb elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"12d95fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">grants<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6912b1b elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"6912b1b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:150}\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e29bd08 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e29bd08\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>For \u201cHope Against Hope\u201d \/ Feature Length Documentary Film \/in Development<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>Berlin Fund for Women in Film and Media<\/li><li>Fritt Ord Grant<\/li><\/ul><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>For \u201cThe Art of Living in Danger \u201c\/ Feature Length Documentary Film:<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>Film und Medien Fund NRW \u2013 2019<\/li><li>HotDocs International Theatrical Documentary Film Fund \u2013 2019<\/li><li>NordMedia Film Grant \u2013 2018<\/li><li>ZDF\/Arte Support -2017<\/li><li>Best Pitch Award in MIPDoc Cannes Film Festival &#8211; 2017<\/li><li>2 Best Pitch Awards in Asian Forum for Documentary Filmmakers \u2013 Kolkata- 2018<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>For \u201cBraving the Waves\u201d \u2013 Feature Length Documentary Film:<\/strong><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><ul><li>IDFA Bertha Fund (International Documentary Festival Amsterdam) \u2013 2016<\/li><li>Fritt Ord Film Fund \u2013 2016<\/li><li>Sorfond Production Grant \u2013 2016<\/li><li>MidtNorsk Film Fund- 2016<\/li><li>Medimed Documentary Film Market Best Pitch Award -2015<\/li><li>Screen Institute Beirut Film Grant &#8211; 2015<\/li><\/ul><p>\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9d2cda7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9d2cda7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f43a440\" data-id=\"f43a440\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-5a33bf1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"5a33bf1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;animation_delay&quot;:300}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-a3496d4\" data-id=\"a3496d4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3672e79 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3672e79\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:100}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Experiences<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a378df elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6a378df\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;_animation_delay&quot;:50}\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Residencies and Fellowships<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de29670 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de29670\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><ul><li>Doc journalist &amp; Blogger, 2002-present<\/li><li>Co-founder and senior editor of vamostanad.com, 2009\u2013present<\/li><li>Member of \u201cIRDFA\/ Iranian Documentary Filmmaker Association\u201d board, 2010\u2013present<\/li><li>Member of EWA (European Women in audiovisual Network), 2020\u2013present<\/li><li>Member of DAE (Documentary Association of Europe), 2020 &#8211; present<\/li><li>Jury member of election best documentary of the year in Iran<\/li><li>Jury member at 7th International Four River Film Festival in Croatia<\/li><li>Co-founder and senior editor of \u201cFrom Tehran\u201d (A visual Documentary<\/li><\/ul><p>Magazine about Tehran), 2014-2015<\/p><ul><li>Curator &amp; co-founder of an underground documentary film festival in<\/li><\/ul><p>Tehran,2011<\/p><ul><li>Curator and co-founder of \u201cTehran Documentary Forum\u201d, 2014<\/li><li>Lecturer at Griffith Film School 2018<\/li><li>Founder of MinDoc Film Production Company, 2013-present<\/li><li>Jury member for One World Media Awards2021<\/li><li>Jury member Cph:Dox International Film Festival 2024<\/li><li>Selection Committee EsoDoc Program, 2024<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-374ab4b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"374ab4b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c033fb\" data-id=\"1c033fb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3e5a1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d3e5a1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title 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