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Career Retrospectives

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• Mini retrospective at Nottingham Contemporary, 2018

• Mini retrospective at Cambridge Arts Picturehouse, 2016

• Cyprus Film Days International Film Festival, 2014

• Sderot International Film Festival, Israel, 2014

• Danish Film Institute, DFI Copenhagen, Denmark, 2014

• Oldenburg Film Festival, Germany, 2013

• British Film Institute, ‘With Love from Tehran’, BFI London, UK, 2013

• BBC Persia, 2012

 

Museum & Gallery

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• Matt’s Gallery in London, Lubion by Mania Akbari and Douglas White, 2021

• Solo Exhibition at VO Curations, Mr Majidi and the Electricity Box, 2019

• Curating “Body Politics” at Whitechapel Gallery London, Sep 2019

• Lubion Group Exhibition at Studio Gallery BWA Wrocław, August 2019

• 10+4 Screening at WhitechapelGallery, London, April 2019

• Group Exhibition“FROM AFAR” at Malta Contemporary Art, Life May Be-Malta,2018

• Nottingham Contemporary Gallery, “Enraciné2- Short film” -London, 2018

• Annely Juda Fine Art Gallery, “Enraciné2- Short film” – London, 2018

• Whitechapel Gallery, “In My Country Men Have Breasts” – London, 2016

• Museum Centre Pompidou, “10+4” – Paris, 2015

• Ankara Museum Contemporary Art, Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival, “Life May Be”- Turkey, 2015

• Screening at Centre de Cultura Contemporanea de Barcelona, “In My Country Men Have Breasts” – Spain, 2016

• Museum of Fine Art Boston, “One, Two, One” – USA, 2013

• Museum of Fine Art Boston, “10+4” – USA, 2013

• Royal College of Art, “Video Arts called Self and Sin” – London, 2009

• Exhibition in the Calendidonna Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Udine, Italy, 2009

• Xerex Gallery, “6 Video Arts” – London, 2008

• Tate Modern, “Video Art called Self” – London, 2007

• Iranian Group Exhibition, “6 Video Arts” – Rome, Italy, 2006

• The exhibition, Locarno International Film Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Switzerland, 2005

• 15th Video Brazil, “Video arts called Self, Sin” – Saopaolo – Brazil, 2005

• The exhibition, City of Women International Film Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Slovenia, 2005

• The exhibition, Peru International Film Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Peru, 2005

• The exhibition, Salento International Film Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Italy, 2005

• The exhibition, High Falls International Film Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Rochester, NY, USA, 2005

• The exhibition, Gijon International Film Festival, “6 Video Arts” – Spain, 2005

• The exhibition, Kakhe Niyavaran, Niyavaran Place Gallery, “6 Video Arts” – Tehran, Iran, 2004

 

TV Screening

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• BBC Persia, 20 Fingers,10+4, One.Two.One, 30 min to 6, UK, 2017

• BBC Persia, 10+4, One.Two.One, 30 min to 6, UK, 2014

• BBC Persia, 20 Fingers, Crystal, 10+4, One.Two.One, 30 min to 6, UK, 2012

• Channel 4, 20 Fingers, 10+4, France, 2012

• Channel 4, 20 Fingers, 10+4, UK, 2009–2010

• Arte, France- 20 Fingers, 10+4, 2008 

 

Festivals & Screening 

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How Dare You Have Such a Rubbish Wish (2022-2023)

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• The movie That Matter Festival Amsterdam 2024

• Screening at DET DANSKE FILMINSTITUT 2024

• Screening at Vega Scene AS Oslo 2024

• 45e Festival International de Films de Femmes de Créteil 2023

• Screening at IMMA, Ireland’s National Cultural Institution for Modern and Contemporary Art 2023

• 24TH Flying Broom Film Festival in Ankara Jun 2023

• Sinematek Istanbul  Jun 2023

• Sheffield Film Festival Jun 2023

• Barbican, London, March 2023

• Woman's International Day in Amsterdam 2023 

• Human International Film Festival in Oslo- Norwegian 2023 

• WhiteChapel Gallery, London, Uk Feb 2023

• DocPoint Film Festival, Helsinki Feb 2023

• Gothenburg Film Festival, Sweden Jan-Feb 2023

• Black Movie Film Festival, Swiss, Geneva Jan 2023

• CinemaTeket Denmark DFI, Jan 2023

• POFF Film Festival, December 2022

• IDFA Film Festival, World premiere, December 2022

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Dear Elnaz" (2021) 

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•  IDFA Film Festival, Amsterdam, 2021

•  HOTDOC CANADA, 2021

•  DOXHOT Film Festival,  Vancouver, Canada, 2021  

• Sheffield Documentary International Film Festival, UK, 2021

• Screening at Barbican, London, UK  Jan 2022

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“Lubion” (2020)

“l’œil d’Oodaaq” digital art festival in Rennes, France 2021 

• Matt’s Gallery in London, Lubion by Mania Akbari and Douglas White, 2021

• CASABLANCA International Video Film Festival, 2020

• Solo Exhibition at VO Curations, 2020

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 “A Moon for My Father” (2019)

• CCA, Contemporary art Glasgow, 2023 

• Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, 2020

• Block Museum, Chicago, 2019

• REDCAT, Los Angeles, 2019

• University of California Santa Cruz, 2019

• Miradasdoc, Tenerife, University of Aberdeen, 2019

• MIEFF,Moscow, 2019

• NYU, New York, 2019

• 43rd Göteborg Film Festival, 2019

• OVNI, Nice,2019

• WOLF Cinema, Berlin,2019

• 17th International Film Festival TORUN, Poland,2019

• 43ª Mostra Sao Paolo, Brazil,2019

• 19ª DocLisboa, Portugal,2019

• DOKUARTS at the German Historical Museum in Berlin,2019

• CINEMONDES, Berck-sur-Mer, France,2019

• 48th Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Canada,2019

• The 17th Internationale Festival Signs of the Night, Paris, 2019

• WoFF: World of Film International Festival Glasgow,2019

• Cinema For All, Sheffield, UK,2019

• 10th Festival Internacional CineMigrante in Buenos Aires,2019

• Dokufest International Film Festival Kosovo,2019

• New Horizons International Film Festival Poland,2019

• Odesa International Film Festival Ukrain,2019

• Kerala International Doc Film Festival India,2019

• ICA, London, 22 Jun 2019

• ICA, London, 15-19 Jun 2019

• Barbican, London,2019

• 59th Krakow Film Festival Poland,2019

• 22. International Flying Broom Women’s Ankara Film Festival,2019

• Goldsmiths University London,2019

• CPH: DOX International Doc Film Festival, Denmark,2019

• Opening night, Essay Documentary Film Festival at ICA, 2019​

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  “Life May Be” (2014)​

• CINEMONDES, Berck-sur-Mer, France,2019

• Female Gaze at Metro Cinema in Edmonton, 2019

• Life May Be & Iranian Cuisine, Belfast, 2016

• 38th Women’s Film Festival, France, 2016

• New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2015

• Gothenburg International Film Festival, Sweden, 2015

• Tempo Documentary Festival, Sweden, 2015

• Epos International Art Film Festival, Israel, 2015

• Vilnius International Film Festival, Kino Pavasaris, Lithuania, 2015

• Hong Kong International Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2015

• Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2015

• Cinema Minimum Neuchatel, Switzerland, 2015

• Middle East Now Festival, Italy, 2015

• Buenos Aires Festival Inter de Cine Independiente, Argentina, 2015

• Docaviv Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival, Israel, 2015

• Movies and Meanings, USA, 2015

• Festival Signes de Nuit, France, 2015

• Atlanta Film Festival, USA, 2015

• Traverse City Film Festival, USA, 2015

• Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival, Kosovo, 2014

• Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland, 2015

• Kaunas International Film Festival, Lithuania, 2014

• Beirut International Film Festival, Lebanon, 2014

• Astra Film Festival, Lebanon, 2014

• Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Mostra, Brazil, 2014

• Torino Film Festival, Italy, 2014

• Brisbane Asia Pacific Film Festival, Australia, 2014

• Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, 2014

• Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2014

     

 “One.Two.One” (2011)

• Tirgan Iranian Film Festival, Toronto, 2015

• Iranian Woman Film Festival, Göteborg, Konserthuset, Sweden, 2014

• UCLA Celebration Of Iranian Cinema, Los Angeles, US, 2014

• Bristol Radical Film Festival, Bristol, UK, 2014

• Admiralkino, Vienna, Austria, 2014

• Nour Iranian Film Festival In Los Angeles, USA, 2013

• Persian International Film Festival Sydney, Australia, 2013

• Edinburg International Film Festival, Edinburg, UK, 2013

• Flying Broom International Women’s Film Festival Ankara, Turkey, 2013

• Fribourg International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2013

• International Rotterdam Film Festival, 2013

• Sheffield University, Sheffield, 2016

• Liverpool Small Cinema, Liverpool, 2016

• SunScreen is GlassEye’s arthouse/independent night, London, 2016

• Tirgan Iranian Film Festival, Toronto, 2015

• Museum Fine Art Boston, USA, 2013

• Elles Tournent” International Film Festival, Bruxelles, 2013

• Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2012

• Fribourg International Film Festival, Swiss, 2012

• Izmir International Film Festival, Turkey, 2012

• Femme, Cinéaste, Iranienne 3 films de Mania Akbari, en exclusivité dès le, Swiss, 2012

• Gene Sickle Film Center, USA, 2011

• Sao Paulo Int’l Film Festival, Brazil, 2011

• Denver Film Society, USA, 2011

• Goa Int’l Film Festival, India, 2011

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“10+4” (2007) 

• Screening at CinemaTeket, Denmark Jan 2023
• CINEMONDES 2019, Berck-sur-Mer, France, 2019

• Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2019

• Clouse Up Cinema, London, 2017

• Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2015

• Nouvel Odéon (Cinéma) Paris, France, 2014

• SOAS University, UK, 2012

• Taipei Film House, Taiwan, 2011

• Les Rencontres du Cinema Documentaire, France, 2010

• Atmosphere 53/Reflets du Cinéma Film Festival,France, 2009

• Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche, Italy, 2009

• Scripps College Humanities Institute, USA, 2009

• Kuala Lumpur Int’l Film Festival, Malaysia, 2008

• Filmer a Tout Prix, Belgium, 2008

• Alternative, Festival de Cinema Independent de Barcelona, Spain, 2008

• Carthage Int’l Film Festival, Tunisia, 2008

• Aramex Int’l Film Festival, Mexico, 2008

• Sao Paulo Int’l Film Festival, Brazil, 2008

• Iranian Film Festival, Netherlands, 2008

• Ourense Int’l Film Festival, Spain, 2008

• Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2008

• Films from the South, Norway, 2008

• Barcelona Film Festival, Spain, 2008

• Festival Int’l de Cinema Feminin, Brazil, 2008

• Red Cat, USA, 2008

• San Francisco Int’l Film Festival, USA, 2008

• L’ACID, Cannes International Film Festival, France, 2008

• Flying Broom Int’l Film Festival, Turkey, 2008

• Buenos Aires Int’l Film Festival, 2008

• Tetouan Film Festival,Marrakech, 2008

• Alwan Film Festival, USA, 2008

• Cinema Novo Festival, Belgium, 2008

• Cleveland Film Society, USA, 2008

• Istanbul Int’l Film Festival, Turkey, 2008

• Gothenburg Int’l Film Festival, Sweden, 2008

• Rencounters Cinema de Manosque, France, 2008

• Int’l Film Festival of Kerala, India, 2007

• Festival 3 Continents, France, 2007

• Museum Fine Art Boston, USA, 2007

• Chicago Int’l F.F. USA, 2007

• Pusan Int’l F.F, Korea, 2007

• Vancouver Int’l Film Festival, Canada, 2007

• San Sebastian Int’l Film Festival, Spain, 2007

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“6Videoarts” (2007) 

• Royal College of Art, “Video Arts called Self and Sin” – London, 2009

• Exhibition in the Calendidonna Festival, Udine, Italy, 2009

• Xerex Gallery, London, 2008

• Tate Modern, “Video Art called Self” – London, 2007

• Iranian Group Exhibition, Rome, Italy, 2006

• The exhibition, Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, 2005

• 15th Video Brazil, “Video arts called Self, Sin” – Saopaolo – Brazil, 2005

• The exhibition, City of Women International Film Festival, Slovenia, 2005

• The exhibition, Peru International Film Festival, Peru, 2005

• The exhibition, Salento International Film Festival, Italy, 2005

• The exhibition, High Falls International Film Festival, Rochester, NY, USA, 2005

• The exhibition, Gijon International Film Festival, Spain, 2005

• The exhibition, Kakhe Niyavaran, Niyavaran Place Gallery, Tehran, Iran, 2004

 

“20 Fingers“ (2004)​

• CINEMONDES, Berck-sur-Mer, France,2019

• Nouvel Odéon (Cinéma) Paris, France, 2014

• Taipei Film House, Taiwan, 2011

• Les Rencontres du cinema documentaire, France, 2010

• Centro Esperssioni Cinematografiche, Italy, 2009

• Rencontres Cinema de Manosque, France, 2008

• Black Movie, festival de films des autres mondes, Switzerland, 2008

• La Rochelle Int’l Film Festival, France, 2007

• Iranian Film Festival, Netherlands, 2006

• Syracuse Int’l Film Festival, USA, 2006

• Dhaka Int’l Film Festival, Bangladesh, 2006

• Black Nights Int’l Film Festival, Estonia, 2005

• Dameshug Int’l Film Festival, Syria, 2005

• Hong Kong Asian Film Festival, Hong Kong, 2005

• Wine Country Int’l Film Festival, USA, 2005

• High Museum of Art in Atlanta, USA, 2005

• New Horizon Int’l Film Festival, Poland, 2005

• Digital Int’l Barcelona Film Festival, Spain, 2005

• Femina Int’l Women’s Film Festival, Brazil, 2005

• Lying Broom Int’l Film Festival, Turkey, 2005

• Cinema Panora-Folkets Bio Malmo,Sweden, 2005

• Kino Otok Isola Cinema,Slovenia, 2005

• Nashville Film Festival, USA, 2005

• Newport Beach Film Festival, USA, 2005

• Int’l Women’s Film Festival in Seoul, Korea, 2005

• Tiburon Int’l Film Festival, USA, 2005

• Buenos Aires Film Festival, Argentina, 2005

• California Institute of the Art USA, 2005

• Int’l Women’s Film Festival Gender Institute, USA, 2005

• Istanbul Int’l Film Festival, Turkey, 2005

• Amnesty Int’l USA Film Festival, USA, 2005

• Rotterdam Int’l Film Festival, Netherlands, 2005

• Human Rights Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia, 2004

• Bahamas Int’l Film Festival, USA, 2004

• Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, USA, 2004

• International Film Festival, India, 2004

• Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, 2004

• High Falls Film Festival, USA, 2004

• AFI Film Festival, USA, 2004

• Gijon Int’l Film Festival, Spain, 2004

• Sao Paulo Film Festival, Brazil, 2004

• Human Rights Film Festival, Spain, 2004

• Vancouver Film Festival, Canada, 2004

• Venice Film Festival, Italy, 2004

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“Crystal” (2003)

• BBC Screening

• International Tribeca film festival, USA, 2004