Maryam Tafakory
Known for
Directing
Birthplace
Shiraz, Iran
Biography
Maryam Tafakory, born and raised in Iran, works with film and performance. Solo screenings of her work include MoMA, BOZAR, NGA, Washington DC, and Academy Museum, among others. Selected group events include Tate Modern, Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, New York Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival. She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago Int’l Film Festival, Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR, and Best Experimental Film at the 70th and 71st MIFF.
Best known work
Mast-Del
2023
Nazarbazi
2022CodeNames
2022
chaste/unchaste
2023
Absent Wound
2018
Razeh-del
2025
I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin
2018Fragments of a Letter to an Unborn Child
2015
Taklif
2014
Irani Bag
2021Filmography
2026
2026
Ghazal-e SorkhDirector, Editor
2025
Daria’s Night FlowersDirector
2025
Razeh-delDirector, Screenplay, Editor
2023
chaste/unchasteDirector
2023
Mast-DelDirector, Editor, Sound, Writer
2022
CodeNamesDirector
2022
NazarbaziDirector, Editor, Writer
2021
Irani BagDirector
2018
I Have Sinned a Rapturous SinDirector, Sound Designer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography
2018
Absent WoundDirector
2015
2015
Poem and StoneDirector
2014
TaklifDirector
2013
I Was Five When I Became a WomanDirector