It’s rare that an artist is represented with two films in Telluride Film Festival. But this year Telluride feature two of Saba Riazi’s film and introduced her as an emerging filmmaker.
Telluride Film Festival
Telluride Film Festival, presented by the National Film Preserve, today announced its official program selections for the 45th edition of the Telluride Film Festival. TFF's celebration of artistic excellence brings together cinema enthusiasts, filmmakers and artists to discover the best in world cinema in the beautiful mountain town of Telluride, Colorado.
SGS Summer Film Festival: "Ice Cream" - Stanford Arts
In Saba Riazi's new film "Ice Cream," Maryam, a 30 year old woman in Tehran, lost her job and apartment, and is forced to move in with her grandmother. She is trying hard to make things work and in doing so, she faces herself, eating ice-cream.
ICE CREAM by Saba Riazi - Narrative Feature Film @ Brooklyn Film Festival
Cast & Crew, Contact Info, Trailer - Synopsis: Maryam, a 30 year old woman in Tehran, having lost her job and apartment, is forced to move in with her grandmother. She is trying hard to make things work and
Sphinx and Day of a Turtle, two of my short stories are published in prestigious Evergreen Review.
Sphinx / Day of a Turtle
Sphinx For some inexplicable reason she was in love with him, or so she thought. My take? I thought it was crazy, period. Why a woman at her age, with her looks, education, career and charm would fall for a guy with whom she has not even met up for the past two years and has only interacted with virtually?
"Ends" one of my videopoems made in collaboration with Bahar Royayi is featured on Moving Poems:
Ends by Saba Riazi
Poet: Saba Riazi | Nationality: Iran | Filmmaker: Saba Riazi An author-made videopoem by Saba Riazi, a young Iranian filmmaker who divides her time between Tehran and Brooklyn. The music and sound design are by Bahar Royayi. To see more of Riazi's very personal, idiosyncratic work, check out the videopoems page on her website.