Mitra Farahani (in Persian: میترا فراهانی; born 1975) is an Iranian filmmaker and painter who currently lives in Paris.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Filmography
• 3 Awards
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Biography

Mitra Farahani was born on January 27, 1975 in Tehran, Pahlavi Iran. Farahani has a degree in graphic art (1997) from Islamic Azad University in Tehran. After graduation she moved to Paris in 1998. In 1999, she lived in Hamburg briefly. In 2000, she studied at École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD) in Paris.

The film Tabous - Zohre & Manouchehr (2004) is about her artistic pursuits.

She was arrested on June 17, 2009, by the Iranian government, on her arrival in Tehran from Paris and held in Evin Prison. It is said that her arrest is linked to the crackdown of opposition by the Iranian regime following the presidential election and also making the regime angry by making some non-Islamic films outside Iran. The Iranian government released her from prison on 30 June 2009.

Filmography

Farahani has directed several films including;

• Juste une femme (in English: Just a Woman) (2002), the first film about a gender re*ignment in Iran, which was mostly shot on hidden cameras.
• Tabous - Zohre & Manouchehr (2004)
• Behjat Sadr: Time Suspended (2006)
• Fifi az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad (in English: Fifi Howls from Happiness) (2012), a do*entary about the Iranian painter, sculptor and theatre director Bahman Moh*es.

Farahani has worked as a cinematographer for films including;

• Ziarat (English: Pilgrimage)(2005)
• Fifi az Khoshhali Zooze Mikeshad (in English: Fifi Howls from Happiness) (2012)

Awards

Farahani's Juste une femme (in English: Just a Woman) film won a Teddy Award in 2002 at the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale).

In 2014 she was selected as a member of the jury for the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.

See also

• List of Iranian artists
• 2009 Iranian election protests
• Bahman Kiarostami, collaborated with Farahani

References

External links

• Mitra Farahani at IMDb