Mitra Farahani Explained

Mitra Farahani
Native Name:میترا فراهانی
Birth Date:27 January 1975
Birth Place:Tehran, Pahlavi Iran
Nationality:Iranian
Education:Islamic Azad University,
École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs
Occupation:Filmmaker, painter
Notable Works:Fifi Howls from Happiness

Mitra Farahani (in Persian: میترا فراهانی; born 1975)[1] is an Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris.

Biography

Mitra Farahani was born on January 27, 1975, in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran.[2] Farahani has a degree in graphic art (1997) from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. After graduation she moved to Paris in 1998.[3] In 1999, she lived in Hamburg briefly. In 2000, she studied at École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris.

The film Tabous - Zohre & Manouchehr (2004) is about her artistic pursuits.

She was arrested on June 17, 2009, by the Iranian government, on her arrival in Tehran from Paris and held in Evin Prison. It is said that her arrest is linked to the crackdown of opposition by the Iranian government following the presidential election, and by angering the Iranian government by making non-Islamic films outside Iran.[4] [5] The Iranian government released her from prison on 30 June 2009.[4]

After having screened several of her films at the festival, she was selected as a member of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival in 2014.[6] She returned to the Berlin International Film Festival in 2022 with her documentary See You Friday, Robinson, selected in the section Encounters.[7]

Filmography

Farahani has directed several films including;

Farahani has worked as a cinematographer for films including;

Awards

Farahani's Juste une femme (in English: Just a Woman) film won a Teddy Award in 2002 at the Berlin International Film Festival (or Berlinale).

Her film See You Friday, Robinson (À vendredi, Robinson) premiered in the Encounters section of the 2022 Berlinale,[12] [13] and won it the New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tabous zohre & manouchehr . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060507221450/http://www.laboratorioimmaginedonna.it/Tabous%20zohre%20%26%20manouchehr.htm . 2006-05-07 . 2022-03-02 . Laboratorioimmaginedonna.it.
  2. Book: Pallister . Janis L. . French-speaking Women Documentarians: A Guide . Hottell . Ruth A. . 2005 . Peter Lang . 978-0-8204-7614-8 . 152 . fr.
  3. Web site: Behjat Sadr: Time Suspended. Butimar Productions. 2015-06-21.
  4. News: Iran election: faces of the dead and detained. The Guardian. 2010-01-28. 2015-06-21. 0261-3077. en.
  5. Web site: Iran - }} of the film-maker Mitra Farahani ]. BuddhaChannel . 2015-06-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120217170904if_/http://www.buddhachannel.tv/portail/spip.php?article5818 . 2012-02-17.
  6. Web site: Berlinale 2014: International Jury . 2013-12-31 . Berlinale.
  7. Web site: Encounters: See You Friday, Robinson . 2023-01-03.
  8. Book: Faris . David M. . Social Media in Iran: Politics and Society after 2009 . Rahimi . Babak . 2015-11-20 . SUNY Press . 978-1-4384-5884-7 . 256 . en.
  9. News: Dargis . Manohla . 2014-08-07 . Artist Comes Cackling Back to the Limelight . en-US . The New York Times . 2022-03-02 . 0362-4331.
  10. Web site: Keough . Peter . October 29, 2014 . 'Fifi Howls from Happiness' a revealing portrait of 'Persian Picasso' - The Boston Globe . 2022-03-02 . BostonGlobe.com . en-US.
  11. News: Rapold . Nicolas . 2022-12-14 . 'See You Friday, Robinson' Review: Dear Godard . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-01-03 . 0362-4331.
  12. Web site: Katz . David . February 21, 2022 . Review: See You Friday Robinson . 2022-08-01 . Cineuropa - the best of european cinema . en.
  13. Web site: Berlinale 2022: Awards . 2023-01-03.

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