Maryam Tafakory

Maryam Tafakory [b. Shiraz, Iran] is an artist filmmaker whose textual and filmic collages interweave poetry, documentary, archival, and found material. Her work has been exhibited internationally including at MoMA; Locarno; MoMI New York; IFFR Rotterdam; ICA London; Pergamon Museum Berlin; True/False; M HKA; and Anthology Film Archives amongst others. She has received several awards including the Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR, Gold Hugo Award at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival, Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, Best Experimental Short Film at the 70th Melbourne International Film Festival, the Jury Prize at Documenta Madrid, and the Best International Short Film at 29th l’Alternativa Barcelona. She was awarded the Flaherty/Colgate Distinguished Global Filmmaker in Residence (NY) in 2019 and was a MacDowell Fellow in 2022.

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