Memories of a Window
Mehraneh Salimian, Amin Pakparvar
Following the crackdown on Iran’s 2022 “Woman, Life, Freedom” protests, civilians and students begin filming the unrest from behind windows, creating an alternative visual archive of state violence. After a woman is shot dead while recording from her car, two young filmmakers address her through a video letter, reflecting on the act of filming, remembering, and bearing witness.
Screening in the International Shorts I: Private Frontline section.
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Mehraneh Salimian is an Iranian filmmaker working across documentary, fiction, and video installation. Her work explores the intersection of public and private spaces and the sensory dimensions of personal and collective memory.
Amin Pakparvar is an Iranian filmmaker and essayist whose practice focuses on reconfiguring contemporary Iranian archives into alternative histories. Both hold graduate degrees from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
