Filmmaker Talk: Faranaz Sharifi
Filmmaker Talk: Faranaz Sharifi
17 Nov '24
IDFA
An in-depth conversation with award-winning Iranian filmmaker and editor Farahnaz Sharifi, delving into her use of the archive and the personal to powerfully chronicle synchronistic storytelling.
Festival IDFA
Location Studio 1
Run time 60 minutes
Genre Perspective
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IDFA strives to strengthen the international documentary climate by focusing more than ever on documentary film as an art form. This focus includes documentary films with an original visual language or structure, films that show lesser-known cultures or are filmed from a non-Western perspective, and interactive or immersive documentaries that innovate the field.
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