marzieH vafameHr

filmmaker,writer, producer

Tehran, Tehran, Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Filmmaker, Writer, Producer, Actress Graduated from Fine Arts Faculty in Tehran University in Acting. She is an Iranian independent filmmaker and actress living in Tehran. She directed Nabat, Wind-ten years old, Hello-good morning, Crossed out, Station, … She is one of the sundance artist has selected as top ten by Wind-ten years old,2008. She won rushed film festival, Roma med film festival as best film prize. Vafamehr was arrested on 29 June 2011, reportedly due to her acting in Granaz Moussavi's 2009 Iranian-Australian film My Tehran for Sale that is critical of her native Iran. She was released on 24 October 2011, after posting unspecified bail. It was reported that she was sentenced to 90 lashes and a year in prison for appearing in the movie as an actress whose work is banned by the Iranian authorities. On 27 October 2011, Amnesty International reported that an Iranian appeals court had reduced Vafamehr's prison sentence to three months and overturned the flogging sentence.Vafamehr was released after 118 days, but she was banned from making or playing in films and any forms of cultural activities as well as from leaving Iran till 2017. Member of APSA Filmography 1. Nabat, ( directing, writting, producing) : Marzieh Vafamehr, 11 min Award winner in International Roshd Film Festival in Iran, winner of the special prize of Kodak in lives Showcomotion that consisted of 90 minutes negative 35 millimeter that has never given to the filmmaker Participating in Odence short film festival in Denmark Kino film Manchester international short film and video festival Rio de Janeiro short film festival Cine Pobre Cuba and 4 Tehran Short film Festivals. 2. Wind, Ten Years Old, ( directing, writting, producing) : Marzieh Vafamehr, 23 min Participating in Koln Women Festival ␣Cork Film Festival in Ireland␣Tiburon film festival, winner of the best short film award from Roma Med film festival, Top ten shorts in Sundance 2008 m and … 3.Hello, good morning,( directing, writing, producing) : 100 s, 2006 4.Crossed Out, writer and director: Marzieh Vafamehr, 23 min, 2006, Participating in IWSF at Maryland University. 5. STATION, ( directing, writing, producing) : 14min 2018 16th TIRANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 2, 2018, 25th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM WEEK REGENSBURG , MARCH 13, 2019, 4th THE UNDEPENDENCE FILM FESTIVAL, APRIL 6, 2019, OLBIA FILM NETWORK, JUNE 19, 2019, 3rd SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO FILM FEST, JUNE 25, 2019 5- When pomegranate howl by Granaz Moussavi was shot in Afghanistan (co-producer ) special selection: Tokyo 2021, Sydney Film Festival, SAO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL 2021, SAO PAULO FILM FESTIVAL 2021, ... Nominated as best youth feature film in APSA 2021, Australia's official submission for the 2022 Academy Awards