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    Woman | Donna

    Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Akhgari
    Canada | 2023 | 3’20

    Woman is the first part of a trilogy that focuses on the Iranian feminist revolution from the privileged point of view of diaspora. Through documents showing protesters on the streets, the film presents their civil disobedience as a collective performance, and explores the emerging narrative for women, life and freedom.

    Direction: Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Arkhgari
    Sound Design: Nick Lavigne
    Music: Students of Farhang Va Honar University (original audio)
    Voices: Elaheh Mohammadi (original recording)
    Producer: Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Arkhgari

    Gilnaz Arzpeyma

    Born in Tehran, Gilnaz Arzpeyma is an experimental artist who lives and works in Montréal. Inspired by organic and water based mediums, and using under camera animation technique, she combines hand drawing with digital technologies. Her experimental approach explores contemporary questions of borders, identity and technology through bodily epressions and visual poetry. She holds a BFA in Film Animation at Concordia University. Her works have been screened in various worldwide film venues as animation and moving image artworks.

    Arash Akhgari

    Iranian-Canadian director born in 1984, independent animator and visual artist, he focuses on the expressive language of visual art, moving image and abstract story telling. He works with traditional mediums for animation as well as painting, drawing and collage, and explores contemporary visual languages