Directing
Mehraneh Salimian
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Directing
Credits
3 titles
Mehraneh Salimian (مهرانه سلیمیان) has an MFA in film from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). Her work, which spans documentary, fiction and video installation, explores the intersection of public and private spaces and the sensory dimensions of personal and collective memory. Her films have been screened at international festivals such as Berlinale, and exhibited in major venues including Expo Chicago.
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NRFollowing 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?
Memories of a Window
2026
NRIn a rural area of Balochistan, on the border of Iran and Pakistan, women can only sing in private rituals. Fariba, a teenage girl from this region, wants to sing in public like the boys her age. Can she overcome the gender and racial discrimination that prevents her from achieving her dreams?
Height of the Kite
2024
Behind the camera
NRFollowing 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?
Memories of a Window
2026
NRFollowing 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?
Memories of a Window
2026
NRIn a rural area of Balochistan, on the border of Iran and Pakistan, women can only sing in private rituals. Fariba, a teenage girl from this region, wants to sing in public like the boys her age. Can she overcome the gender and racial discrimination that prevents her from achieving her dreams?
Height of the Kite
2024