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Maryam Zahirimehr

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Maryam Zahirimehr
مریم ظهیری مهر
Maryam Zahirimehr
Born (1970-04-05) April 5, 1970 (age 54)
NationalityIranian
Occupation(s)Director, Writer, Producer, Photographer, Editor[1]
Known forEndless?

Maryam Zahirimehr (Persian: مریم ظهیری مهر; born in 1970 in Rasht, Iran) is an Iranian screenwriter and film director living in the USA.[2]

Biography

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Maryam Zahirimehr is a native of Iran and was educated in the USA. She received her MFA in Photography and Integrated Media from Lesley University in 2016.[3][4][5]

Career

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Her short film "Like Pain, Like Cigarette" was screened at Cannes Film Festival Short Film Corner in 2017 and was nominated for the Best New England Film at the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival in 2017.[6] “Endless?” is her first feature as a writer-director-producer. The film tells the story of a grief-stricken mother in Iran who forced her daughter to marry and the relationship she develops with a young girl who is new to the village. The film addresses trauma related to a dowry death. “Endless?” won the best international feature award at RIFFA 2018, and also won the award for best experimental director from New York International Films Infest Festival.[7] Her debut feature film also won the Indie Spirit Special Recognition Award from 17th Boston International film festival in 2019.[8]

Filmography

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Year Film Credited as Length Notes
Director Writer
2015 Invisible Woman Yes Yes 6 minutes Short video art
2016 The breadwinner Yes Yes 5 minutes Short video art
Talk to the Fish Yes 14 minutes Short fiction
2017 Like Pain, Like Cigarette[9] Yes 14 minutes Short Fiction
2018 Endless? Yes Yes 80 minutes Feature, released
2021 Forbidden Womanhood Yes Yes 96 minutes Feature, Released
2023 Girls don't wear pants Yes Yes 90 minutes Feature, development

Awards For Endless ( 2018, Movie)

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Awards, Forbidden Womanhood (2022, Movie)

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Personal life

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She currently resides in Massachusetts.[34]

References

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  1. ^ "IMDB Page". IMDb. Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  2. ^ @IFF_Zurich (21 August 2019). "From left Maryam Keshavarz (director of Viper Club), Eline Farideh (Finding Farideh main actress), and Maryam Zahir…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ King, Loren (29 March 2018). "Boston Globe Summiting Provincetown to address sexual harassment, racism, and pay disparity in the entertainment industry". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
  4. ^ "IMDb link, Director Bio". IMDb.
  5. ^ "Linkedin link, Director Bio".
  6. ^ "Awards and Winners - MASSIFF". Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  7. ^ "Winners 2018 New York International Films Infest Festival (NYCIFIF)". Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  8. ^ "the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival". www.massiff.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-25.
  9. ^ "Massachusetts Independent Film Festival 2017 Films". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  10. ^ "Awards and Winners - MASSIFF". Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  11. ^ @ReginaFilmFest (19 August 2018). "Congratulations to International Feature #RIFFA2018 feature from Iran, Endless! This film helped bring international …" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 May 2019 – via Twitter.
  12. ^ "Winners 2018 New York International Films Infest Festival (NYCIFIF)". Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  13. ^ "Awards Announced for 11th Aryan Jaipur International Film Festival - JIFF 2019" (PDF). Retrieved 24 January 2019.
  14. ^ "Donai Cinema". 18 December 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  15. ^ "International Competition: Innovation in Moving Images". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  16. ^ "Donai Cinema". 18 December 2018. Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  17. ^ Shoptorshi Samaddar, Ashley (11 March 2019). "Daily Star: 12th International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh concludes". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  18. ^ "Press - Boston IFF". Retrieved 9 May 2019.
  19. ^ "2022 Arizona International Film Festival".
  20. ^ "Arizona International Film Festival".
  21. ^ "Film Threat". 11 May 2022.
  22. ^ "2022 International Filmmaker Festival of New York". 27 June 2023.
  23. ^ "Foreign Feature film Official selections".
  24. ^ "Female Eye Film Festival".
  25. ^ "Shoreline entertainment".
  26. ^ "Foreign Feature Official selections".
  27. ^ "Rotten Tomato". Rotten Tomatoes.
  28. ^ "Foreign Feature Official selections".
  29. ^ "Rotten Tomato". Rotten Tomatoes.
  30. ^ "Long Feature Official selections". 2 January 2023.
  31. ^ "Rotten Tomato". Rotten Tomatoes.
  32. ^ "Foreign Feature Official selections".
  33. ^ "Rotten Tomato". Rotten Tomatoes.
  34. ^ King, Loren (29 March 2018). "Boston Globe Summiting Provincetown to address sexual harassment, racism, and pay disparity in the entertainment industry". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
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