19.30-20.00: Fotoplaza met Parisa Aminolahi
Parisa Aminolahi (Tehran, Iran) based in the Netherlands, is a freelance filmmaker and photographer. She studied theatre stage design (BA) and animation (MA) at the University of Art in Tehran and documentary filmmaking (MA) at Royal Holloway, University of London. Her work covers themes such as displacement, exile, homeland, family and childhood memories, utilizing childhood and old family photographs, self-portraits, and her own family members as subjects. Her mediums range from photography, documentary filmmaking, animation, painting and mixed media.
She is a grant recipient of The Firecracker Photographic Grant, The Netherlands Film Fund, and GUP New Dutch Photography Talent of the Year. Her dummy book, Tehran Diary, was shortlisted for the MACK First Book Award 2021, the BUP Book Award 2020, and the PHmuseum 2019 Women Photographers Grant. She has had screenings and exhibitions locally and internationally, such as at IDFA, the Thessaloniki Film Festival, Unseen Amsterdam, and Art Rotterdam.
