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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-Wednesday 11:00 AM-2:00 PM (by appt via MS TEAMS or in-person) |
| Courses: | Introduction to Media Production [NMAC 2145] Digital Storytelling [NMAC 3600] Screenwriting [CRWR 4440] Screenwriting [CRWR 5440] |
| 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鈳 Award of Merit for Short Screenplay "An Endoscopy"鈳 Jul 2023 Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Fellowship鈳 BlackStar Film Festival, Philadelphia, USA鈳 Nov 2022 Philadelphia Student Media maker Fund鈳 Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, USA鈳 Spring 2022 Master of Fine Arts Project Completion Grant鈳 Graduate Board Fellowship Committee of Temple University, Philadelphia, USA鈳 Spring 2022鈨癠Penn -Temple Exchange Student Award鈳 UPenn-Temple Universities, Philadelphia, USA鈳 Spring 2020 |
| Publications: | Polish Refugees鈥 Exodus to Iran: Visual Imagination and Oral History in Two Historical Documentaries, Presented in the University Film&Video Association Conference鈳 SUNY Fredonia, USA鈳 July 2022 鈥淎nalysis of Migrant Dramatic Literature of Iranian in Australia; Postcolonial Analysis of a Mammad Aidani鈥檚 Play: In the Mirror鈥 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 - 鈥淎cademy Awards庐 Qualifying鈥濃幑 Tehran, Iran鈳 October 2022 PHILADELPHIA IRAN AFGHANISTAN (2020) FerFilm International Film Festival鈳 Ferizaj, Kosovo鈳 September 2022 University Film&Video Association Conference鈳 SUNY Fredonia, USA鈳 July 2022 Diamond Docs Film Festival鈳 Philadelphia, USA鈳 October 2021 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival鈳 Morgan Hill-Gilroy, USA鈳 April 2021 Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival - 鈥淪hort Film Market Picks鈥濃幑 France鈳 February 2021 P盲rnu Film Festival 鈳 P盲rnu and Tallinn, Estonia鈳 October 2020 Bucknell Intercollegiate Film Festival - 鈥淎udience Choice Award鈥濃幑 Bucknell, USA鈳 April 2020 BURNING SMELL OF STONE Sylhet Film Festival 鈳 Sylhet, Bangladesh鈳 July 2020 Publicystyka Film Festival鈳 Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland鈳 October 2019 Catalina Film Festival鈳 The Catalina Island, USA鈳 September 2019 Buffalo Dreams Fantastic Film Festival鈳 Buffalo, USA鈳 August 2019 Hoboken International Film Festival鈳 North Haledon, USA鈳 May 2019 North Jersey Human Rights Film Festival鈳 Ridgewood, USA鈳 May 2019 Poppy Jasper International Film Festival鈳 Morgan Hill-Gilroy, USA鈳 April 2019 Tally Shorts Film Festival鈳 Tallahassee, USA鈳 January 2019 Kalpanirjhar International Short Film Festival鈳 Kolkata, India鈳 December 2018 Williamsburg Independent Film Festival鈳 NY, USA鈳 November 2018 Lonely Seal Film Festival鈳 Arlington-Boston, USA鈳 October 2018 FerFilm International Film Festival鈳 Ferizaj, Kosovo鈳 September 2018 A DAY WITH MY MOTHER(2014) Addiction and Media Film Festival鈳 Tehran, Iran鈳 October 2015 PromoFest SHORT OF THE YEAR 鈥 Winter 鈥淪pecial Mention鈥 鈳 Online, Spain鈳 September 2015 RAHAEE Festival of Short Film and Photo 鈳 Karaj, Iran鈳 April 2015 CMS Children International Film Festival 鈳 Lucknow, India鈳 April 2015 Taos Shortz Film Festival 鈳 Taos, USA鈳 March 2015 Overlook CinemAvvenire Film Festival 鈳 Rome, Italy鈳 December 2014 Split Film Festival 鈳 Split, Croatia鈳 September 2014 |
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