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Maryam Tafakory
Working at the intersection of cinema and live performance, Maryam Tafakory (b. Shiraz, Iran) makes textual and filmic collages that attempt to dissect concealed acts of erasure – of bodies, intimacies, and histories. Solo screenings and exhibitions of her work include: MoMA, New York; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; Academy Museum, Los Angeles; Museum of the Moving Image, New York; Filmoteca de Catalunya, Barcelona and LUX London. Selected group events include: Tate Modern, London; Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, Cannes; New York Film Festival; Locarno Film Festival; Toronto International Film Festival and Villa Medici, Rome. She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago International Film Festival; the Tiger Short Award at the 51st Rotterdam IFF; the Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival; and the Best Experimental Film Award at the 70th and 71st Melbourne International Film Festival.
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Maryam Tafakory, مست دل Mast-del (2023), film still. Courtesy of the artist
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Maryam Tafakory, مست دل Mast-del (2023), film still. Courtesy of the artist
Video: نظربازی Nazarbazi (2022), excerpt
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Maryam Tafakory, نظربازی Nazarbazi (2022), film still. Courtesy of the artist
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Maryam Tafakory, نظربازی Nazarbazi (2022), film still. Courtesy of the artist
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Maryam Tafakory, سوخته دل Sukhte-del (2025), film still. Courtesy of the artist
Video: اسم رمز CodeNames (performance) (2021–ongoing), excerpt
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Maryam Tafakory, اسم رمز CodeNames (performance) (2021–ongoing), film still
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Maryam Tafakory, اسم رمز CodeNames (performance) (2021–ongoing), film still
Video: Irani Bag (2020), excerpt
Related links
Jarman Award 2024
Meet the other five artists shortlisted for the 17th edition of the prestigious Film London Jarman Award