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Height of the Kite
short documentary, 26 minutes, 2024
Logline:
In a rural area of Balochistan, on the border of Iran and Pakistan, where women can only sing in private rituals, a teenage girl called Fariba wants to sing in public. Can she overcome the gender and racial discrimination preventing her?​
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Directed & Produced by:
Mehraneh Salimian & Amin Pakparvar​​
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Screenings and Awards:
44th Nafa: the world oldest Ethnographic Film Festival
21st Jecheon International Music and Film Festival
52nd Athens International Film Festival
34th Saint Louis Film Festival
45th Durban International Film Festival
22nd Big Sky International Film Festival
56th Visions du Reel Film Market
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Memories of a Window
Short Documentary
short documentary, 19 minutes, 2026
Logline:
Following crackdowns on protests in Iran, civilians begin documenting the unrest from behind windows. When a woman is shot while recording, a film student writes her a letter raising the question: Can revolution emerge from behind windows?
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Written & Directed by:
Mehraneh Salimian & Amin Pakparvar
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World Premiere:
Death and the Dragon
short documentary, 42 minutes, 2020
Logline:
"Death and the dragon" recounts a Persian fable that characterizes a dragon (an evil creature responsible for drought) and combines the myth with environmental straits in Tehran's contemporary history to reveal upcoming detriments.
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Directed by: Amin Pakparvar
Produced by: Arian Attarpour
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Screenings and Awards:
38th Tehran international short film festival
14th Iran Documentary Film Festival - Cinema Verite
12th Cinema Verde International Environmental Film Festival
11th Omid International Student Short Film Festival
17th Nahal International Short Film Festival
13th Sayeh Student Short Film Festival
50th Roshd International Film Festival
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Gravestone's Touch
Work in Progress
video installation, 2025
Logline:
When families face the execution of their loved ones, they often hide photographs in an attempt to forget the loss. Yet mourning remains, and when descendants discover these hidden photos tucked away in closets, they can sense the scent of grief. Gravestone’s Touch is a video installation, which includes a short documentary and spaces laden with Amin's family archive, capturing the scent he discovered in his grandmother’s closet.
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Directed by:
Amin Pakparvar & Mehraneh Salimian
Exhibitions:
Expo Chicago 2025 (Midwest Premier International Art Fair)
Body/Building Exhibition at SAIC galleries,
Foaming at the Mouth Exhibition at Color Club
Archive as Action, Archive as Discourse at Northwestern University’s Dittmar Memorial Gallery
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