Talayeh Atlasi
Filmmaker | Photographer
Bio
Talayeh Atlasi is an Iranian multidisciplinary artist, born in Tehran, Iran in 1982.
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She is a member of Iranian Youth Cinema Society since 2001. She had made her first short film of the first Conceptual Art Exhibition of Iran in Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art (TMoCA) in 2002 and the short film has been screened in Cinematheque of (TMoCA) in 2003,
Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB) in 2004, also in the New Art Exhibition organized by TMoCA in Tehran in 2004.
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She graduated from Roberto Rossellini Film Institute in Rome, Italy in 2014 , also from filmmaking course of London Film Academy in 2016 and held her second master in cinema and Multimedia from Rome University in 2016 while continues working in a variety of media.
In 2011, by her short film ''Yellow Light'', she won the Special Mention of Jury for national competition of Italy ''Cine-Disu'' and she had been invited to the program of ''Nel cuore dei giorni'' on Italian channel TV 2000 to present the short film.
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Apart from her short films in 2012 she has won the special mention of Jury for the national competition of Arte-Disu for her photography ‘’Behind the Cross’’.
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She collaborated with professional artists and cinematographers from different countries and has made her short films and documentaries in Iran, Italy and UK mostly focused on social issues.
Her short films, documentaries and photographies, have boon selected for numerous group Exhibitions, showcases specially Film Festivals and visual art events.
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Beside making social documentaries such as ''Boutique 14'' for Documentary and Experimental Film Center of Iran she also writes and makes social drama films.
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