Zahid Jiwa
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Biography
Zahid Jiwa is a Canadian fine art photographer and filmmaker. Jiwa’s work is often characterized by its complex iconography, thematic portrayal of obscure figures, and unclear cultural references. Existing somewhere between the built and the unbuilt, Jiwa’s compositions and subject matter hint at an obsession with the vanishing cinematic potential of the everyday condition, playing with symbols of historicity, time and aging to render the estranged sensation of urban and rural science fiction.
Known For
A family is forced to live in silence while hiding from creatures that hunt by sound.
A Quiet Place
When a young boy accidentally triggers the universe's most lethal hunters' return to Earth, only a ragtag crew of ex-soldiers and a disgruntled scientist can prevent the end of the human race.
The Predator
Totally tropical apocalypse.
WORLD AGES B
After a government mandate disables all technology at sundown, a young, grieving woman navigates a single day, quietly adapting to a world shaped by decisions she did not make.
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On Air
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
L.A. Confidential
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Oasis of Mirrors
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Five Towns
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Sky Limousine
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Delta
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Canto Arquipélago
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
الجنس والمدينة
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Casino Gardens
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
New Avenue
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Ground
A look at three American cities, all of which have a complicated history of decline after once showing signs of growth and prosperity. Set among deteriorating relics of past industry, The Bluffs explores a fictional place of disparate architectural styles, seemingly caught between decay and resurrection.
The Bluffs
A film by Zahid Jiwa.
Oasis of Murals
Essential beauty was not revealed in the decoration, but was inherent to the structure itself, the image of simple & logical construction.
Room
In the conversation of land of sea, the cliffs are the manifestation of the solid. The first proof, the dermis. These rocks of grandeur, protean sung and cursed by sea-farers, fishermen and many a fortune hunter. The cliffs encompass both a feminine beauty and masculine aggression. Their many shapes, lines and forms are wales, distant memories from scuffling with the winds, the breakers, the rain, the sun, and the storms. “I wake up from Zannone, but the sea, cupping this feeble rock, is still washing through my dreams each night. No matter what shore I reach.”
As Falésias
This is an alternate version to Oasis of Mirrors (2013), exploring the aeolian processes of desert sand movement.