Amin Pakparvar
Directing
Biography
Amin Pakparvar is an Iranian filmmaker and essayist. He developed a focus on archival research while earning an MA in visual and critical studies at SAIC. His work examines how contemporary Iranian archives can be reconfigured into potential histories that critically reframe the present and future. His recent documentary, Memories of a Window (2026), premiered at the 76th Berlinale and received a Crystal Bear for Best Short Film.
Known For
Following 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
Safieh, a 45 years old woman was forced to wash one of the residence of the town after her death. She finds a connection between the deceased and her husband while washing the corpse...
Passing
In 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
There's a dreadful dragon in Persian mythology, who is immortal and responsible for drought. Water crisis in Tehran contemporary history is a major problem; and a dry land is a sign of the return of the dragon.