Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian
, 2016
, 52 min
Synopsis: Over one million Afghans live as refugees in neighboring Iran. For Ismael, Golagha, Kashmir and Nader, the flawed Iranian asylum laws leave them in legal limbo and under constant threat of deportation. To make a living, they work as ball boys in Tehran’s upper-class tennis clubs. Given the contemporary flood of images of refugees arriving…
Elham Hosseinzadeh
, 2004
, 15 min
Synopsis: Set in the era of the American invasion of Iraq, an Iraqi man undertakes the dangerous journey of crossing the wetlands along the border into Iran with hopes of safely collecting a wedding dress for his bride to be from his extended community.
Saeed Dehghani
, 2007
, 20 min
Synopsis: As Southern Iran suffers from economic and political chaos, employment becomes harder to find and a growing number of people turn to a new livelihood — smuggling. As this illegal enterprise becomes especially popular among Iran’s young people, filmmaker Saeed Dehghani offers a look at a growing part of the Middle East’s underground economy in…
November 2022
Shadi Harouni, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Farnaz Jurabchian, Mohammadreza Jurabchian, Elham Hosseinzadeh, Saeed Dehghani
AT THE DISPOSAL OF HUMANITY Curated by Lila Nazemian, ArteEast Special Projects Curator Featuring works by Shadi Harouni, Daniel Asadi Faezi, Farnaz and Mohammadreza Jurabchian, Elham Hosseinzadeh, and Saeed Dehghani. AT THE DISPOSAL OF HUMANITY presents films made in the past two decades that share perspectives from communities on the periphery of contemporary Iranian society. With…
August 2022
Kaya Behkalam, Azin Feizabadi, Arvand Dashtaray
REHEARSING REALITY showcases a selection of films that blend fact and fiction, blurring the line between the staged and the improvised. Featuring works by Azin Feizabadi /Kaya Behkalam, and Arvand Dashtaray. This program is co-presented by ArteEast and Rooftop Films. This series is part of the legacy program Unpacking the ArteArchive, which preserves and presents over 17 years of film and video programming by ArteEast. In…
