Maryam Tafakory [b. Shiraz/Iran] works with film and performance. Her work has been screened and exhibited at MoMA, Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, NYFF, Locarno, TIFF, FICUNAM, Oberhausen, and Anthology Film Archives, amongst others. She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago Int'l Film Festival, the Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR, the Barbara Hammer Feminist Film Award at the 60th Ann Arbor Film Festival, and the Best Experimental Short Film at the 70th and 71st MIFF. She was the 2019 Flaherty/Colgate Distinguished Global Filmmaker in Residence.
She has delivered several papers and videographic research at international conferences, including the Film-Philosophy Conference, SAR International Conference on Artistic Research, and EASA Biennial amongst others.
