Maryam Zahirimehr Explained

Maryam Zahirimehr
Native Name:	مریم ظهیری مهر
Birth Date:	5 April 1970
Birth Place:	Rasht, Iran
Nationality:	Iranian
Native Name Lang:	Fa
Occupation:	Director, Writer, Producer, Photographer, Editor^[1]
Known For:	Endless?

Maryam Zahirimehr (Persian: مریم ظهیری مهر; born in 1970 in Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director living in the USA.^[2]

Biography

Maryam Zahirimehr is a native of Iran and was educated in the USA. She received her MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University in 2016.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Career

Her short film "Like Pain, Like Cigarette" was screened at Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner in 2017 and was nominated for the Best New England Film at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival in 2017.^[6] “Endless?” is her first feature as a writer-director-producer. The film tells the story of a grief-stricken mother in Iran who forced her daughter to marry and the relationship she develops with a young girl who is new to the village. The film addresses trauma related to a dowry death. “Endless?” won the best international feature award at RIFFA 2018, and also won the award for best experimental director from New York International Films Infest Festival.^[7] Her debut feature film also won the Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award from 17th Boston International film festival in 2019.^[8]

Filmography

Year	Film	Credited as		Length	Notes
		width=75	Director			width=75	Writer
2015	Invisible Woman			6 minutes	Short video art
2016	The breadwinner			5 minutes	Short video art
	Talk to the Fish			14 minutes	Short fiction
2017	Like Pain, Like Cigarette^[9]			14 minutes	Short Fiction
2018	Endless?			80 minutes	Feature, released
2021	Forbidden Womanhood			96 minutes	Feature, Released
2023	Girls don't wear pants			90 minutes	Feature, development

Awards For Endless (2018, Movie)

• 2017: Nominated for the Best New England Film at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival for "Like Pain, Like Cigarette"^[10]
• 2018: Winner for the Best International Feature Award at RIFFA 2018, for Endless?^[11]
• 2018: Winner for the Best Experimental Director from New York International Films Infest Festival (NYCIFIF), for Endless?^[12]
• 2019: Winner for the Best Debutant Director award from 11th Jaipur International Film Festival for Endless?^[13]
• 2018: Winner for the Best Independent Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Young Actress, Best Screenplay at Five Continents International Film Festival, Venezuela for Endless?^[14]
• 2018: Nominee for the Best International Film at 24th Kolkata International Film Festival, Innovation in Moving Images category for Endless?^[15]
• 2019: Winner for the Outstanding achievement award in Film On Women at CICFF - Calcutta International Cult Film Festival for Endless?^[16]
• 2019: Winner For The Best Foreign Director Award at the Children's Film Festival of Bangladesh for Endless?^[17]
• 2019: Winner of the Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award at Boston International Film Festival for Endless?^[18]

Awards, Forbidden Womanhood (2022, Movie)

• 2022: Won the Best foreign feature film award from Arizona International Film Festival 2022^{[19] [20] [21]}
• 2022: Won the Best Screenplay award from International Filmmaker festival of New York 2022^[22]
• 2022: Nominated for the Best Foreign feature award at Female Eye Film Festival 2022^{[23] [24] [25]}
• 2022: Won the honorable mention for the Best Foreign feature award at Female Eye Film Festival 2022^{[26] [27]}
• 2022: Nominated for the Best Foreign feature award at this human world film festival- International Human rights Film Festival 2022^{[28] [29]}
• 2023: Won the first award for the Best long feature at DONA I CINEMA 2023^{[30] [31]}
• 2023: Nominated for the Best Asian feature film award at Dhaka International Film Festival 2023^{[32] [33]}

Personal life

She currently resides in Massachusetts.^[34]

Notes and References

1. Web site: IMDB Page. IMDb. 24 January 2019.
2. 1164291952541614080. IFF_Zurich. From left Maryam Keshavarz (director of Viper Club), Eline Farideh (Finding Farideh main actress), and Maryam Zahir…. 21 August 2019.
3. Web site: King. Loren. Boston Globe Summiting Provincetown to address sexual harassment, racism, and pay disparity in the entertainment industry. The Boston Globe. 21 January 2019. 29 March 2018.
4. Web site: IMDb link, Director Bio. .
5. Web site: Linkedin link, Director Bio.
6. Web site: Awards and Winners - MASSIFF. 24 January 2019.
7. Web site: Winners 2018 New York International Films Infest Festival (NYCIFIF). 24 January 2019.
8. Web site: the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival . www.massiff.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20190125073433/http://www.massiff.org/2017nominees . 2019-01-25.
9. Web site: Massachusetts Independent Film Festival 2017 Films. 9 May 2019.
10. Web site: Awards and Winners - MASSIFF. 24 January 2019.
11. 1031035796395057158. ReginaFilmFest. Congratulations to International Feature #RIFFA2018 feature from Iran, Endless! This film helped bring international … . 9 May 2019. 19 August 2018.
12. Web site: Winners 2018 New York International Films Infest Festival (NYCIFIF). 24 January 2019.
13. Web site: Awards Announced for 11th Aryan Jaipur International Film Festival - JIFF 2019. 24 January 2019.
14. Web site: Donai Cinema. 18 December 2018. 9 May 2019.
15. Web site: International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images. 9 May 2019.
16. Web site: Donai Cinema. 18 December 2018. 9 May 2019.
17. Web site: Shoptorshi Samaddar. Ashley . Daily Star: 12th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh concludes. 9 May 2019. 11 March 2019.
18. Web site: Press - Boston IFF. 9 May 2019.
19. Web site: 2022 Arizona International Film Festival.
20. Web site: Arizona International Film Festival .
21. Web site: Film Threat . 11 May 2022 .
22. Web site: 2022 International Filmmaker Festival of New York. 27 June 2023 .
23. Web site: Foreign Feature film Official selections.
24. Web site: Female Eye Film Festival .
25. Web site: Shoreline entertainment .
26. Web site: Foreign Feature Official selections.
27. Web site: Rotten Tomato. .
28. Web site: Foreign Feature Official selections.
29. Web site: Rotten Tomato. .
30. Web site: Long Feature Official selections. 2 January 2023 .
31. Web site: Rotten Tomato. .
32. Web site: Foreign Feature Official selections.
33. Web site: Rotten Tomato. .
34. Web site: King. Loren. Boston Globe Summiting Provincetown to address sexual harassment, racism, and pay disparity in the entertainment industry. The Boston Globe. 21 January 2019. 29 March 2018.