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Dr. Zardosht Afshari - MFA
Assistant Professor of Film
Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts
Phone: 478-471-2015
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| Office Hours: | Monday 1:30-3:30 PM Tuesday 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM (by appt via MS TEAMS or in-person) |
| Courses: | Introduction to Media Production [NMAC 2145] & [NMAC 3145] Fiction Film Production [NMAC 4451] Documentary Film Production [NMAC 4450] Perspectives on Society and Film [HUMN 1002] Digital Storytelling [NMAC 3600] |
| Education: | MFA in Film and Media Arts, Temple University, USA MA in Dramatic Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran BSc. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran |
| Professional Experience: | Member of the screening committee of the 31st Philadelphia Film Festival, USA, 2022 Speaker and Discussion Lead of Virtual Educational Seminar: Deep Focus, Middle Eastern Cinema, launched by Renew Theaters and Majestic Theater, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA, 2021-2022 Member of the screening committee of the 30th Philadelphia Film Festival, USA, 2021 Member of the screening committee of the 10th Omid international student short film and photo Festival, Iran, 2021 |
| Professional Affiliations: | UFVA | University Film and Video Association |
| Awards and Honors: | UFVA | University Film and Video Association⎹ Award of Merit for Short Screenplay "An Endoscopy"⎹ Jul 2023 Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Fellowship⎹ BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA⎹ Nov 2022 Philadelphia Student Media maker Fund⎹ Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, USA⎹ Spring 2022 Master of Fine Arts Project Completion Grant⎹ Graduate Board Fellowship Committee of Temple University, Philadelphia, USA⎹ Spring 2022⃰UPenn -Temple Exchange Student Award⎹ UPenn-Temple Universities, Philadelphia, USA⎹ Spring 2020 |
| Publications: | Polish Refugees’ Exodus to Iran: Visual Imagination and Oral History in Two Historical Documentaries, Presented in the University Film&Video Association Conference⎹ SUNY Fredonia, USA⎹ July 2022 “Analysis of Migrant Dramatic Literature of Iranian in Australia; Postcolonial Analysis of a Mammad Aidani’s Play: In the Mirror” Article 7, Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall 2013, Page 147-164, Sociology Journal of Art and Literature, University of Tehran. Tehran, Iran FILMOGRAPHY - SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS SHE DOES NOT SMILE (2022) - Short Narrative Tehran International Short Film Festival - “Academy Awards® Qualifying”⎹ Tehran, Iran⎹ October 2022 PHILADELPHIA IRAN AFGHANISTAN (2020) FerFilm International Film Festival⎹ Ferizaj, Kosovo⎹ September 2022 University Film&Video Association Conference⎹ SUNY Fredonia, USA⎹ July 2022 Diamond Docs Film Festival⎹ Philadelphia, USA⎹ October 2021 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival⎹ Morgan Hill-Gilroy, USA⎹ April 2021 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival - “Short Film Market Picks”⎹ France⎹ February 2021 Pärnu Film Festival ⎹ Pärnu and Tallinn, Estonia⎹ October 2020 Bucknell Intercollegiate Film Festival - “Audience Choice Award”⎹ Bucknell, USA⎹ April 2020 BURNING SMELL OF STONE Sylhet Film Festival ⎹ Sylhet, Bangladesh⎹ July 2020 Publicystyka Film Festival⎹ Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland⎹ October 2019 Catalina Film Festival⎹ The Catalina Island, USA⎹ September 2019 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival⎹ Buffalo, USA⎹ August 2019 Hoboken International Film Festival⎹ North Haledon, USA⎹ May 2019 North Jersey Human Rights Film Festival⎹ Ridgewood, USA⎹ May 2019 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival⎹ Morgan Hill-Gilroy, USA⎹ April 2019 Tally Shorts Film Festival⎹ Tallahassee, USA⎹ January 2019 Kalpanirjhar International Short Film Festival⎹ Kolkata, India⎹ December 2018 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival⎹ NY, USA⎹ November 2018 Lonely Seal Film Festival⎹ Arlington-Boston, USA⎹ October 2018 FerFilm International Film Festival⎹ Ferizaj, Kosovo⎹ September 2018 A DAY WITH MY MOTHER(2014) Addiction and Media Film Festival⎹ Tehran, Iran⎹ October 2015 PromoFest SHORT OF THE YEAR – Winter “Special Mention” ⎹ Online, Spain⎹ September 2015 RAHAEE Festival of Short Film and Photo ⎹ Karaj, Iran⎹ April 2015 CMS Children International Film Festival ⎹ Lucknow, India⎹ April 2015 Taos Shortz Film Festival ⎹ Taos, USA⎹ March 2015 Overlook CinemAvvenire Film Festival ⎹ Rome, Italy⎹ December 2014 Split Film Festival ⎹ Split, Croatia⎹ September 2014 |
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