Aspirations in Transit, on the
Iranian Diaspora Filmmaking

An essay by Amin Pakparvar,  presented in
Conference at Kent University
Link to the Conference Brochure - 2024

Organ Failure - Artists Reflecting on Everyday Institutional Breakdown

Presenting an essay and a video-art
by Amin Pakparvar, Mehraneh Salimian
in VCS students collective publication,
Launching at Inga Book Store, Chicago - 2025

New Wave of Female
Filmmakers Rising in Iran

A short essay by Amin Pakparvar
published by RedCut Platform - 2025

Living Archive - Artists
in Dialogue with Archive

A Lecture on Iranian Visual Archives
by Amin Pakparvar
at Neiman Center, Chicago - 2025

Erased Archives, Personal
Aesthetics, Experimental Films

Various essays by Amin Pakparvar
published by Fidan Short Film Magazine,
on the work of various filmmakers
including James Bening, Guy Maddin, Andrea
Arnold, Maxime Feri Farzaneh, etc. - 2020-present

 On the Archives of Enslaved Africans
in 19th Century Iranian Harems 

 An essay by Amin Paklparvar, Mehraneh Salimian presented in Midwest Art History Conference 
Link to the Conference Brochure  - 2024

Reclaiming Space: The Politics of Women’s Walking in Tehran

An essay by Mehraneh Salimian
Presented in a Grad Talk
at the Neiman Center, Chicago - 2025

Iranian Underground Cinema
New Voices, New Narratives

A short essay by Amin Pakparvar
published by Fnews Magazine - 2024

The Cinematic Language of Naser
Taghvai's Film Unruled Paper (2002)

An essay by Amin Pakparvar on Unruled Paper (2002)
published as a part of collective student publication on the filmography of Nasser Taghvai (p14-18) - 2018

On the filmography of Miklós Jancsó

An essay by Amin Pakparvar
published by "35mm" Shiraz University
Film Magazine (P192-195)- 2018