{"id":3958,"date":"2026-09-15T11:47:23","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/?p=3958"},"modified":"2026-09-15T13:15:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T13:15:45","slug":"cinema-politica-razeh-del","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/cinema-politica-razeh-del\/","title":{"rendered":"Cinema Politica &#8211; Razeh-del"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>In the mesmerizing experimental film, Maryam Tafakory conjures an archival s\u00e9ance, unpacking the history of Iran\u2019s first-ever women\u2019s newspaper.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>About the Film<br><\/em>In 1998, two schoolgirls sent a letter to Iran\u2019s first-ever women\u2019s newspaper. While they waited to be published, they considered making an impossible film.\u00a0Using citations and image intervention, Razeh-del journeys through parallel histories of war on images of women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>About the director<\/em><br>Maryam Tafakory, born and raised in Iran,&nbsp;works with film and performance. Solo screenings of her work include&nbsp;MoMA, BOZAR, NGA, Washington DC, and Academy Museum, among others. Selected group events include Tate Modern, Cannes\u2019 Directors Fortnight, New York Film Festival, Locarno Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was awarded the Gold Hugo at the 58th Chicago&nbsp;Int\u2019l&nbsp;Film Festival, Tiger Short Award at the 51st IFFR, and Best Experimental Film at the 70th and 71st MIFF.&nbsp;She was the 2024 winner of the Film London Jarman Award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Screenplay <\/strong>| Maryam Tafakory<br><strong>Sound Design<\/strong> | Stefan Smith, Maryam Tafakory<br><strong>Sound Mix<\/strong> | Stefan Smith<br><strong>Producer <\/strong>| Leonardo Bigazzi<br>2024 \u00b7 28m \u00b7 Iran<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All of our documentaries are in English or include English subtitles. Our screenings are free and open to all (no registration required). After each film, we host a lively discussion with experts from the Faculty of Arts and outside, followed by Q&amp;A for audience questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stay updated on upcoming&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemapolitica.org\/screenings\/?city=Groningen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cinema Politica Screenings<\/a>&nbsp;by following us on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/cpgroningen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>: @cpgroningen. We hope to see you there!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please buy a free ticket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the mesmerizing experimental film, Maryam Tafakory conjures an archival s\u00e9ance, unpacking the history of Iran\u2019s first-ever women\u2019s newspaper. About the FilmIn 1998, two schoolgirls sent a letter to Iran\u2019s first-ever women\u2019s newspaper. While they waited to be published, they considered making an impossible film.\u00a0Using citations and image intervention, Razeh-del journeys through parallel histories of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-film"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/image.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3958\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usva.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}