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Abbas Taheri

Abbas Taheri is an Iranian director and screenwriter. He earned both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in cinema from the University of Art in Tehran. In 2019, he published Festival Gaze, a postcolonial study of Iranian cinema in international festivals.

Abbas Taheri has written and directed over seven short fiction and documentary films. His latest works, such as Aban (2022) and There is No Friend’s House (2023), both co-productions between France and Iran, tackle pressing problems and the oppression faced by various minorities.

These Films are acclaimed at international film festivals such as, Clermont-Ferrand, Oberhausen, Palm Springs, Tallinn Black Nights and IndieLisboa.

He is currently developing his first feature film, Dwellers of the Sea, in POP-UP Residency on Fiminco Fondation.

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