Shirin Barghnavard

Density of Emptiness

An analysis of space in the city of Tehran from the perspective of some of the cities’ vulnerable women.

A Sense of Place

Six Iranian directors examine, one after the other, a place in Iran, France, or Germany. The places and the stories enter into a dialogue with each other and deal with living conditions in today's Iran, social and economic struggles, but also identities in exile, and places of longing.

Invisible - Winners

Documentary

Touran khanom

Touran Mirhadi (Khomarloo) is the founder of Farhad School, the Children's Book Council, and the Encyclopedia for Young People. She was also actively involved with close to 20 other institutions dealing with child development and education and supported the formation of dozens of others. She is known as the preeminent architect of childhood institution and the mother of modern education in Iran. This film follows the efforts and preoccupations of Ms. Touran Mirhadi in the last four years of her life. It shows how she strove to enrich the field of child education in Iran to the age of 89, always maintaining that peace was to be cultivated at childhood.

Poets of Life

A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi - rice farmer, environmentalist, and social activist.

Poets of Life

A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi - rice farmer, environmentalist, and social activist.

Fest of Duty

For Muslims, puberty begins at the age of nine, and from that moment on girls wear the hijab. What’s been happening in the lives of two Iranian girls since this important event?

Scenes From a Divorce

A couple separates after 8 years if marriage But they decide to keep living together to hide the decision from family and friends.

Poets of Life

A poetic portrayal of the life of Shirin Parsi - rice farmer, environmentalist, and social activist.

Profession: Documentarist

In this absorbing film, seven independent female Iranian documentary makers take us into their personal and professional world, in an Iran that continues to be punctured by political, social and economic crises. What becomes clear over seven autobiographical chapters, is that choosing to become a documentary maker in Iran is a brave decision, often placing your liberty in danger. These women are driven by the need to document their world, and the forces that continue to restrict their movement and freedom. Whether it is making a film about department stores in Tehran featuring mannequins with severed heads and breasts, or the women singers they used to love as children, who have been banned from radio and TV since the revolution, or the huge swell of hope that comes with each election, these directors provide a rare and incisive view inside contemporary Iran, a country they continue to love, even as they will it to change.