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Dr. Zardosht Afshari - MFA
Assistant Professor of Film
Department of Media, Culture, and the Arts
Phone: 478-471-2015
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| Office Hours: | Tuesday-Thursday 01:00 PM-3:00 PM (by appt via MS TEAMS or in-person) |
| Courses: | Introduction to Media Production [NMAC 2145] Digital Storytelling [NMAC 3600] Screenwriting [NMAC 4440] Fiction Film Production [NMAC 4451] |
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| Education: | MFA in Film and Media Arts, Temple University, USA MA in Dramatic Literature, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran BSc. in Mechanical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran |
| Professional Experience: | Jury member of the Cleveland State University’s School of Film & Media Arts Film Festival, USA, May 2024 Board member of the Reel People Arts Festival, MGA School of Arts & Letters, USA, March – February 2024 UFVA Graduate Student Fellowship Mentor, The University Film&Video Association Conference Graduate Student Fellowship Program, USA, July 2023 Member of the screening committee of the 31st Philadelphia Film Festival, USA, 2022 Speaker and Discussion Lead of Virtual Educational Seminar: Deep Focus, Middle Eastern Cinema, launched by Renew Theaters and Majestic Theater, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, USA, 2021-2022 Member of the screening committee of the 30th Philadelphia Film Festival, USA, 2021 Member of the screening committee of the 10th Omid international student short film and photo Festival, Iran, 2021 |
| Professional Affiliations: | UFVA | University Film and Video Association |
| Awards and Honors: | UFVA | University Film and Video Association⎹ Award of Merit for Short Screenplay The Finalist in the 14th Iranian Short Film Academy Awards (ISFA) for Short Film “An Endoscopy”⎹ USA⎹ Sep 2024 The Quarterfinalist for Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition, “Academy Awards® Qualifying”⎹ USA⎹ Jan 2024 The Top 10 Finalist for Fall 2023 Filmmaker Grant⎹ The Film Impact Georgia ⎹ USA⎹ Oct 2023 Philadelphia Filmmaker Lab Fellowship Grant⎹ BlackStar Film Festival, “Academy Awards® Qualifying”⎹ Philadelphia, USA⎹ Nov 2022 |
| Publications: | Polish Refugees’ Exodus to Iran: Visual Imagination and Oral History in Two Historical Documentaries, Presented in the University Film&Video Association Conference⎹ SUNY Fredonia, USA⎹ July 2022 “Analysis of Migrant Dramatic Literature of Iranians in Australia; Postcolonial Analysis of a Mammad Aidani’s Play: In the Mirror", Article 7, Volume 5, Issue 1, Fall 2013, Page 147-164, Sociology Journal of Art and Literature, University of Tehran. Tehran, Iran Filmography & SCREENINGS & EXHIBITIONS AN ENDOSCOPY Writer, Director⎹ USA⎹ Narrative⎹ 20 minutes⎹ 2023 SHE DOES NOT SMILE Writer, Director, Co-Producer⎹ Iran & USA⎹ Narrative⎹ 27 minutes⎹ 2022 ALL ABOUT MY SISTER (Directed by Qiong Wang) Editing Adviser⎹ USA⎹ Documentary⎹ 174 minutes⎹ 2021 PHILADELPHIA IRAN AFGHANISTAN Writer, Director, Producer ⎹ USA⎹ Documentary⎹ 10 minutes⎹ 2020 BURNING SMELL OF STONE Writer, Director, Producer ⎹ Iran⎹ Narrative⎹ 18 minutes⎹ 2018 A DAY WITH MY MOTHER Writer, Director, Producer ⎹ Iran⎹ Narrative⎹ 25 minutes⎹ 2014 |
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