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In 2021, Alambeigi won the Sunny Side of the Doc prize for her global issues pitch and was later selected as a jury member for the 2022 season of prizes.<ref name="Ramachandran 2022">{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Sunny Side of the Doc Unveils 2022 Pitches, Achieves Perfect Gender Balance |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/sunny-side-of-the-doc-2022-pitches-1235262948/ |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=10 May 2022}}</ref> In October 2021, her upcoming film ''Broken Flower'' won Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director at 64th edition of [[DOK Leipzig]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A celebratory opening in the cinema: The 64th edition of DOK Leipzig has begun · DOK Leipzig |url=https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/presse/1635163200-142021 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=DOK Leipzig |language=en}}</ref>
In 2021, Alambeigi won the Sunny Side of the Doc prize for her global issues pitch and was later selected as a jury member for the 2022 season of prizes.<ref name="Ramachandran 2022">{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Sunny Side of the Doc Unveils 2022 Pitches, Achieves Perfect Gender Balance |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/sunny-side-of-the-doc-2022-pitches-1235262948/ |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |date=10 May 2022}}</ref> In October 2021, her upcoming film ''Broken Flower'' won Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director at 64th edition of [[DOK Leipzig]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=A celebratory opening in the cinema: The 64th edition of DOK Leipzig has begun · DOK Leipzig |url=https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/presse/1635163200-142021 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=DOK Leipzig |language=en}}</ref>


In May 2022, ''1001 Nights Apart'' won the VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at [[Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München|DOK.fest Munich]], a documentary film depicting Iran's pre and post-1979 [[Iranian Revolution|Islamic revolution]] era.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=1001 NIGHTS APART wins the VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich |url=https://www.documentary-campus.com/news/1001-nights-apart-wins-vff-documentary-film-produktion-award-dokfest-munich-1611}}</ref> The film includes a focus on ballet dancers who return to Iran following exile in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |last1=van der Kooi |first1=Walter |title=Dansverlangens |url=https://www.groene.nl/artikel/dansverlangens |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[De Groene Amsterdammer]] |date=1 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=20 July 2022 |title=Documentary about dance in Iran: Glimpses into a closed world |url=https://newsingermany.com/documentary-about-dance-in-iran-glimpses-into-a-closed-world/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=News in Germany |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Hallensleben 2022">{{cite news |last1=Hallensleben |first1=Silvia |title=Blicke in eine verschlossene Welt: Die Regisseurin Sarvnaz Alambeigi erkundet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm „1001 Nights Apart“ die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des verbotenen Tanzes in Iran |work=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |date=21 July 2022|via=ProQuest}}</ref>
In May 2022, ''1001 Nights Apart'' won the VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at [[Internationales Dokumentarfilmfestival München|DOK.fest Munich]], a documentary film depicting Iran's pre and post-1979 [[Iranian Revolution|Islamic revolution]] era.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=1001 NIGHTS APART wins the VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich |url=https://www.documentary-campus.com/news/1001-nights-apart-wins-vff-documentary-film-produktion-award-dokfest-munich-1611}}</ref>The focus of this film is on ballet dancers and underground dancers of Iran in two periods of time, before and after the Islamic revolution in 1979.<ref>{{cite news |last1=van der Kooi |first1=Walter |title=Dansverlangens |url=https://www.groene.nl/artikel/dansverlangens |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=[[De Groene Amsterdammer]] |date=1 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=20 July 2022 |title=Documentary about dance in Iran: Glimpses into a closed world |url=https://newsingermany.com/documentary-about-dance-in-iran-glimpses-into-a-closed-world/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=News in Germany |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name="Hallensleben 2022">{{cite news |last1=Hallensleben |first1=Silvia |title=Blicke in eine verschlossene Welt: Die Regisseurin Sarvnaz Alambeigi erkundet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm „1001 Nights Apart“ die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des verbotenen Tanzes in Iran |work=[[Die Tageszeitung]] |date=21 July 2022|via=ProQuest}}</ref>


== Notable works ==
== Notable works ==

Revision as of 12:49, 13 May 2023

Sarvnaz Alambeigi
سروناز علم بیگی
Born
Tehran, Iran
NationalityIranian
Alma materFaculty of Arts and Architecture / Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • poet
  • painter
Years active2000–present

Sarvnaz Alambeigi (Persian: سروناز علم بیگی; born in Tehran, Iran, 1978[1]) is an Iranian documentary film director, film producer, painter, and poet.[2] Her most notable work is 1001 Nights Apart, a 2022 documentary film.

Life and career

Sarvnaz Alambeigi was born in the city of Tehran. She received her degree Bachelor of Arts in painting from the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch. She received film training from Documentary Campus Masterschool and Danish Film School. She started her art profession in 2000. In 2013, she founded her own film production company, Rabison Art.[2] She is currently a member of Film Fatales, the European Women's Audiovisual Network, and the Association of Iranian Documentary Cinema Directors.

In June 2017, her short film Cypher And Lion (Noghteh Va Shir) was released under the production of Gallery 10.tehran. The plot depicts the fall of sculpture culture in Iran after its Islamization and Parviz Tanavoli, the father of modern Iranian sculpture, reviving it after centuries.[3] The film was shown at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art after the opening ceremony for the "Lions" exhibit by Tanavoli in 2017.[4]

In 2021, Alambeigi won the Sunny Side of the Doc prize for her global issues pitch and was later selected as a jury member for the 2022 season of prizes.[5] In October 2021, her upcoming film Broken Flower won Saxon Award for the Best Documentary Project by a Female Director at 64th edition of DOK Leipzig.[6]

In May 2022, 1001 Nights Apart won the VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich, a documentary film depicting Iran's pre and post-1979 Islamic revolution era.[7]The focus of this film is on ballet dancers and underground dancers of Iran in two periods of time, before and after the Islamic revolution in 1979.[8][9][1]

Notable works

Film

She has produced four documentary films. Her films have been screened at various film celebrations and exhibition halls internationally.

Year Name Genre Credit Awards
2013 The Second Room Short/Documentary Director/producer
2017 Tomorrowland Documentary Writer/director/producer
2017 Cypher And Lion Documentary Director
2022 1001 Nights Apart Documentary Writer/director/producer The VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich[7]

Publication(s)

  • There Between Two Worlds, her first novella was published in 2020 under Ettefagh Publications.

Artwork

  • The diary, a solo artwork exhibited in October 2021 at Etemad 1 Gallery, Tehran.[10]
  • Conversation, a performance and a solo artwork exhibited in October 2015 at Shirin Gallery, Tehran.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Hallensleben, Silvia (21 July 2022). "Blicke in eine verschlossene Welt: Die Regisseurin Sarvnaz Alambeigi erkundet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm „1001 Nights Apart" die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des verbotenen Tanzes in Iran". Die Tageszeitung – via ProQuest.
  2. ^ a b "Sarvnaz Alambeigi | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Cypher and Lion (Noghteh Va Shir) | Iranian Film Festival". iranianfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  4. ^ "Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli to realize his "Lions" dream". Tehran Times. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  5. ^ Ramachandran, Naman (10 May 2022). "Sunny Side of the Doc Unveils 2022 Pitches, Achieves Perfect Gender Balance". Variety. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  6. ^ "A celebratory opening in the cinema: The 64th edition of DOK Leipzig has begun · DOK Leipzig". DOK Leipzig. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  7. ^ a b "1001 NIGHTS APART wins the VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich".
  8. ^ van der Kooi, Walter (1 September 2021). "Dansverlangens". De Groene Amsterdammer. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  9. ^ Admin (20 July 2022). "Documentary about dance in Iran: Glimpses into a closed world". News in Germany. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  10. ^ "The Diary".
  11. ^ "Conversation".
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