My Stolen Planet + Q&A with Farahnaz Sharifi

Farahnaz Sharifi is an award-winning filmmaker and film editor who lives in Iran but was recently forced to go into exile end of 2022. She has graduated from Tehran University in Cinema studies. Her films are mostly based on archives and she tells her story with archives. Farahnaz is also a well known film-editor in Iran. Her recent work as an editor is an acclaimed feature length documentary film “Radiograph of a Family” which won Best feature length documentary Film Award at IDFA 2020 and Award for creative use of archive in IDFA 2020. Farahnaz has received many awards inside Iran and outside Iran including best film Award in Uppsala Short Film Festival and Fajr Film Festival in Iran. In addition, she was a jury member at IDFA film festival 2021.

Beside her career as a filmmaker and editor, she is also a writer and her book of short stories “Breathing in Open Air” has been published in Iran.

During the festival, in partnership with the Media Education and Research Centre “Meno avilys”, there will also be a workshop during which the director will present her experience working with archives.