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    [EFF15S12] Session 12: Profession: Documentarist

    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF15S12] Session 12: Profession: Documentarist. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000242

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    28 March 2015, 19:00, ICA Cinema

    Film: Profession: Documentarist [Herfeh: Mostanadsaz], Shirin Barghnavard, Firouzeh Khosrovani, Farahnaz Sharifi, Mina Keshavarz, Sepideh Abtahi, Sahar Salahshoor, Nahid Rezaei, Iran, 2014, digital, 80 minutes, Farsi with English subtitles

    Seven female filmmakers make a film together about what it is like to be documentary-maker in Iran today. Dealing with the responsibility of bearing witness to the social and political realities, while negotiating the “red lines” of state censorship and fear of imprisonment, is part of being a filmmaker. Each author explores her filmmaking process and her daily life, through computer games, protests, family archive and the opening of an artists’ café. This film offers a unique insight into what it is like to be an Iranian filmmaker in these times, expressed through a collective cinematic voice.

    After the screening, one of the filmmakers, Shirin Barghnavard, was in conversation with Treasa O’Brien, filmmaker and curator.

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    1 - Session 12 intro (EFF15S12 Profession Documentarist Intro 28-3-2015.MP3)

    2 - Session 12 Q&A (EFF15S12 Profession Documentarist Q&A 28-3-2015.MP3)

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    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.

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    Dataset Title:

    [EFF15S12] Session 12: Profession: Documentarist
    Creators:

    Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew
    Dataset Contributors:

    ContributionNameEmailORCID
    CollaboratorMcCabe, Janetj.mccabe@bbk.ac.ukUNSPECIFIED
    CollaboratorYapp, Emmaeyapp01@student.bbk.ac.ukORCID logohttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2646-6066
    Subjects:

    Birkbeck Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences > School of Creative Arts, Culture and Communication
    Data collection method:

    The Essay Film Festival ran between 2015 and 2023, and presented a global range of contemporary and restored essayistic works. The events are now archived here for research purposes.
    Collection period:

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    28 March 201528 March 2015
    Statement on legal, ethical, and access issues:

    All film stills were provided by participating artists.
    Depositing User: Emma Yapp
    Date Deposited: 07 Jul 2026 09:46
    Last Modified: 07 Jul 2026 09:47
    Publisher: Birkbeck College, University of London

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    Cite as: Temple, Michael and Barrington, Matthew (2023): [EFF15S12] Session 12: Profession: Documentarist. Birkbeck College, University of London. doi: https://doi.org/10.18743/DATA.00000242

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