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Height of the Kite
short documentary, 26 minutes, 2024
Logline:
In a rural area of Balochistan, on the border of Iran and Pakistan, where women can only sing in private rituals, a teenage girl called Fariba wants to sing in public. Can she overcome the gender and racial discrimination preventing her?​
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Directed & Produced by:
Mehraneh Salimian & Amin Pakparvar​​
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Nominations:
Best short, Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (2024)
Best short, Durban International Film Festival (2024)
Best short, St. Louis International Film Festival (2024)
Best short, Athens International Film and Video Festival, Ohio (2024)
Best short, The Ethnofest – Athens Ethnographic Film Festival (2024)​​
Other Honors:
Winner of Best Art Piece. Issued by
Working Artist Organization based in Tacoma, WA
Selected for distribution and marketing,
Visions du Reel Film Market based in Switzerland (2024)​
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Memories of a Window
Work in Progress
short documentary, 19 minutes, 2025
Written & Directed by:
Mehraneh Salimian & Amin Pakparvar
Logline:
After crackdowns on street protests in Iran, a group of students and civilians turn to a new form of resistance: filming the unrest from behind their windows to create an alternative archive that challenges the state’s official records. When a woman is shot while recording from her car window, Mehraneh, a film student writes her a letter, recalling her own memories of the protests. As she writes, one question lingers: Can a revolution happen from behind a window? ​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Death and the Dragon
short documentary, 42 minutes, 2020
Logline:
"Death and the dragon" recounts a Persian fable that characterizes a dragon (an evil creature responsible for drought) and combines the myth with environmental straits in Tehran's contemporary history to reveal upcoming detriments.
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Directed by: Amin Pakparvar
Produced by: Arian Attarpour
Awards & Nominations:
Best Documentary Research Award, Tehran Short Film Festival, 2021
Best Documentary Nomination, Tehran Short Film Festival, 2021
Best Research Nomination, Cinema Vérité International Documentary Film Festival, 2020
Honorable Mention, Cinema Verde Film Festival, 2021
Honorable Mention, Nahal International Film Festival, 2021
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Gravestone's Touch
Work in Progress
video installation, 2025
Logline:
When families face the execution of their loved ones, they often hide photographs in an attempt to forget the loss. Yet mourning remains, and when descendants discover these hidden photos tucked away in closets, they can sense the scent of grief. Gravestone’s Touch is a video installation, which includes a short documentary and spaces laden with Amin's family archive, capturing the scent he discovered in his grandmother’s closet.
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Directed by:
Amin Pakparvar & Mehraneh Salimian
Exhibitions:
Expo Chicago, 2025
Body Building Group Exhibition, Site Galleries, Chicago, 2025
Color Space, Chicago, 2025
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