In 1998, two schoolgirls sent a letter to Iran’s first-ever women’s newspaper. While they waited to be published, they considered making an impossible film. Using citations and image intervention, Razeh-del journeys through parallel histories of war on images of women. Maryam Tafakory’s latest, premiered at Locarno Film Festival’s Pardi di Domani International Competition section and was selected for New York Film Festival's Currents strand among others.
Maryam Tafakory [b. Iran] works with film and performance. Solo screenings of her work include MoMA; BOZAR; NGA, Washington DC; and Academy Museum among others. Selected group events include: Tate Modern; Cannes’ Directors Fortnight; New York Film Festival; Locarno Film Festival; Toronto International Film Festival. She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago Int’l Film Festival; Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR; and Best Experimental Film at the 70th and 71st MIFF (Μelbourne). In 2024, she received the Film London Jarman Award.
