Razeh-del
TITLE
Razeh-del
DIRECTOR
Maryam Tafakory
COUNTRY
Iran, UK, Italy
YEAR
2024
DURATION
28′
GENRE
Documentary
Overview

Razeh-del
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.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Maryam Tafakory
Maryam Tafakory, born and raised in Iran, works with film and performance. Solo screenings/exhibitions of her work include MoMA (New York), BOZAR (Brussels), National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), Academy Museum (Los Angeles), Museum of the Moving Image (New York), and LUX London, among others. Selected group events include Tate Modern (London), Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, New York Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Villa Medici (Rome), HKW (Berlin), Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York), and Anthology Film Archives (New York). She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival, the Tiger Short Award at the 51st Rotterdam IFF, the Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Best Experimental Film Award at the 70th and 71st Melbourne International Film Festival. She was the 2024 winner of the Film London Jarman Award.
Credits
- DirectorMaryam Tafakory
- ScreenplayMaryam Tafakory
- Cinematography
- Cast
- EditingMaryam Tafakory
- Producer/s Leonardo Bigazzi
- Production Company
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleRazeh-del
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date4 August 2024
- Country of originIran, UK, Italy
- Country of filmingIran, UK, Italy
- LanguagePersian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo

Maryam Tafakory
Maryam Tafakory, born and raised in Iran, works with film and performance. Solo screenings/exhibitions of her work include MoMA (New York), BOZAR (Brussels), National Gallery of Art (Washington DC), Academy Museum (Los Angeles), Museum of the Moving Image (New York), and LUX London, among others. Selected group events include Tate Modern (London), Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, New York Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, BFI London Film Festival, Villa Medici (Rome), HKW (Berlin), Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York), and Anthology Film Archives (New York). She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival, the Tiger Short Award at the 51st Rotterdam IFF, the Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Best Experimental Film Award at the 70th and 71st Melbourne International Film Festival. She was the 2024 winner of the Film London Jarman Award.