Sahand Sarhaddi Filmmaker & Visual artist grappling with historical archives, literature, and photography, seeking innovative narrative pathways through an unconventional exploration of history and unofficial Narratives.Alumni of Berlinale Talents 2023 & Graduated in Theatre and Dramatic Literature at the Faculty...
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Sahand Sarhaddi
Filmmaker & Visual artist grappling with historical archives, literature, and photography, seeking innovative narrative pathways through an unconventional exploration of history and unofficial Narratives.
Alumni of Berlinale Talents 2023 & Graduated in Theatre and Dramatic Literature at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University in 2015.
His artistic work focuses on integrating untold stories in history, photography, music, and literature.
In 2006, he started collaborating with some publications as a photographer.
In 2010, he also started working in theatre and cinema, mainly as a writer and director, as well as in visual arts.
He has participated in more than ten solo and group exhibitions (including photography, video art, and performance art) and created three short and one feature-length film that has been screened at festivals such as Berlinale, Kasseler Dok, Jihlava, Black Movie, Tehran Short Film, Cinema-Verite, Fajr, VideoFormes, Ibrida, etc.
Winner of the Emerging Video Prize in the 39th VIDEOFORMES Festival
Selected as Best Iranian Short Documentary of the 2010s
Twice selected as Best Short Film of the Year by critics of Fidan Magazine, 2021 and 2023
Member of: Iranian Visual Arts Development Institute / Iranian House of Cinema / Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association (IRDFA)