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Razeh-del film image; mirrored image of a woman with one half purple and one half red

Razeh-del

راز دل

MODES

Canadian Premiere

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. Tafakory’s previous film (Mast-del, MODES ’23) was named among the top ten short films of the year by Film Comment magazine.

 

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Director
Credits
Country of Origin

Iran/UK/Italy

Year

2024

Language

In Farsi with English subtitles

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18+
28 min
Documentary Experimental & Avant Garde Human Rights & Social Justice LGBTQIA2S+ Shorts Women Directors

Credits & Director

Producer

Leonardo Bigazzi

Screenwriter

Maryam Tafakory

Editor

Maryam Tafakory

Maryam Tafakory headshot; Razeh-del director

Maryam Tafakory

Maryam Tafakory [b. Iran] works with film and performance. Screenings of her work include MoMA, Cannes, Locarno, amongst others. Awards include Best Experimental Short at 70th and 71st MIFF, Gold Hugo Award at 58th Chicago Int’l Festival, and Tiger Short Award at 51st IFFR.

Photo by The Flaherty, Abby Lord

 

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