IFFZ Master class:
The Role of Women in Iranian Cinema
IFFZ Master class:
Subject
Creating a character, paying for it and representing it in Iranian cinema are associated with limitations that prevent the diverse, deep and influential reflection of female characters in films produced in Iranian cinema.This issue can be considered in three stages: screenwriting, film production and release.
Date & Place
- Wednesday, June 01, 2022 17.00 h till 19.00 h
- ZHdK, Pfingstweidstrasse 96, 8005 Zürich
- In Kino Toni
In Cooperation with:
Ida Panahandeh
Director
Ida Panahandeh was born in Tehran, Iran on September 8th, 1979. She obtained a degree in Film Photography in 2002 and a master’s in Film Direction in 2005, both from the Arts University of Tehran, where she began her film career with several short films.
Having as a central theme a woman’s place in modern society she has, throughout her work, focused on women’s rights. This she did with her first feature, ‘Nahid’, which won her worldwide acclaim. ‘Nahid’ was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival where it won a special prize (Prix de l’Avenir).
Filmography
- Feature Films
- 2020: TiTi, Fiction, Colour, 102min, Iran
- 2019: THE NIKAIDOS’ FALL, Fiction, Colour, 106min, Japan & Hong Kong
- 2017: ISRAFIL, Fiction, Colour, 100min, Iran
- 2015: NAHID, Fiction, Colour, 105min, Iran Documentary and TV Movies:
- 2013: From The South East, TV Movie, 90min
- 2012: The Lost Honor of Mr. Sadeghi, TV Movie, 90min
- 2012: Mrs. Ghamar’s House, Documentary, 63min
- 2010: The Story of Davood & The Dove, TV Movie, 90min
- Short Films
- 2010: Irandokht, Documentary, DVCAM, 26min
- 2009: Winter Vases, Fiction, HDCAM, 48min
- 2008: Redroot Pigweed (Cockscomb Flower), Fiction, HDV, 17min
- 2007: City Lights, Fiction, HDV, 20min
- 2005: Those Hands, Fiction, DVCAM, 13min
- 2004: Taxonomy, Fiction, DVCAM, 24min
