Iranian Short Films Directed by Women with Watching&Touching

You’ll have the chance to ask the filmmakers questions, discuss the films together, and learn more about Iranian cinema and its place in the wider international context.

Event hosted in English

About the Directors

Azadeh Navai is an Iranian independent writer and director. Her films have screened internationally, including at BFI London, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, the Edinburgh International Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. Her feature debut screenplay, Sheepish, was recently selected for the Cine Qua Non Lab’s Storylines programme and was a semi-finalist in the Atlanta Film Festival competition. Her projects have been funded and supported by The New Yorker, the arthouse streaming platform Fandor, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Fatima Nofely began her directing career in 2017 with the short film Impersonation, about women being forbidden to go to football stadiums in Iran. In 2019, her short film Wallet won the international grand prize at the 15th Mobile Film Festival in Paris. In 2020, she directed her first documentary, Derby in Tajrish. Her short film Hamster, a French-Iranian co-production, was featured in The New Yorker.

About the Organisers

Organised by Alina Kuzo, a film critic, scholar and founder of Watching & Touching, a curatorial platform based in Lisbon, Portugal.

Register Your Free Ticket

The event is free to attend, but we ask that you register a free ticket so we know how many people to expect.

The Venue

Good Company Books is an independent English Bookstore in Lisbon. Born from our love of global literature and our Portuguese heritage, we are crafting a space for people of all backgrounds to gather and enjoy the best books, events, coffee, and wine. Find out more on our Instagram.