Maryam Tafakory

Directing

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Maryam Tafakory, born and raised in Iran, works with film and performance. Solo screenings of her work include MoMA, BOZAR, NGA, Washington DC, and Academy Museum, among others. Selected group events include Tate Modern, Cannes’ Directors Fortnight, New York Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, and Toronto International Film Festival. She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago Int’l Film Festival, Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR, and Best Experimental Film at the 70th and 71st MIFF.

Known for

I Was Five When I Became a Woman

Credits

Razeh-del (2025)
Director
Absent Wound (2018)
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Irani Bag (2021)
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Nazarbazi (2022)
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I Was Five When I Became a Woman (2013)
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Taklif (2014)
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Fragments of a Letter to an Unborn Child (2015)
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Daria’s Night Flowers (2025)
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chaste/unchaste (2023)
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CodeNames (2022)
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Mast-Del (2023)
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Poem and Stone (2015)
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I Have Sinned a Rapturous Sin (2018)
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