Faezeh Nikoozad
Directing
Biography
Faezeh Nikoozad was born in 1984 in Tehran, Iran. There in 2005 she made her BA degree in Film and costume design. She already worked as costume designer and assistant director. Since 2009 she lives in Germany. She studied Film at the HFBK Hamburg. Her short films were shown on international film festivals and awarded, for example with the sponsorship award of the Heitland Foundation. Her graduation film Missed Embrace ran on the 16th documentary film week in Hamburg.
Known For
Iranian filmmaker Narges Kalhor is forced to confront her family legacy and German bureaucracy when she seeks to remove an overly symbolic word from her name.
Shahid
It’s about the state of being in-between. The decision to grow old or continue to be a child - the transformation from girl to woman.
Degar Disi
Three Iranian women, filmmakers and childhood friends, explore through filmed correspondence the different paths their lives have taken: remaining in their native country, emigrating or living in exile. Over the course of thirteen years of life, the images examine the notion of home and the relationships that matter.