Sarvnaz Alambeigi

Sarvnaz Alambeigi
سروناز علم بیگی
Born
Tehran, Iran
Alma materIslamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch
Occupations
  • Filmmaker
  • director
  • producer
  • poet
  • painter
Years active2000–present

Sarvnaz Alambeigi (Persian: سروناز علم بیگی born in Tehran, Iran)[1] is an Iranian documentary film director, painter, and poet.[2] Her most notable works are 1001 Nights Apart and Maydegol.[3][4]

Early life and Education

Sarvnaz Alambeigi was born in the city of Tehran. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch. She began her artistic career in 2000 with her first painting exhibition, and from 2013 to 2018, she received film training through specialized courses and international film labs.[5] She is a member of the European International Documentary Association, Germany’s Directors Association.[6] She has also served as a jury member at several international film festivals, including the Osnabrück Film Festival and Sunny Side of the Doc.[7]

Career

In June 2017, her short film Cypher And Lion (Noghteh Va Shir) was released at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art after the opening ceremony for "The Lions of Iran" exhibit by Tanavoli in 2017.[8] The plot depicts the decline of Iran's sculptural culture and its revival after centuries by Parviz Tanavoli, the father of modern Iranian sculpture.[9]

Alambeigi's most notable works include Maydegol and 1001 Nights Apart. 1001 Nights Apart was released in Germany in 2022[10] and won the VFF Documentary Film Production Award at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival in May 2022.[11][12]

Maydegol premiered on 18 February 2024 at the 74th Berlin International Film Festival, where she received a Special Mention from the jury in the Generation section.[13][14] Maydegol, tells the story of a teenage Afghan refugee living in Iran who strives to pursue her dream of becoming a Muay Thai boxer despite social injustice and violence outside the ring.[15]

Notable works

Documentary Films

Year Name Genre Credit Awards
2013 The Second Room Short/Documentary Director/producer
2017 Tomorrowland Documentary Writer/director/producer
2017 Cypher And Lion Documentary Director
2022 1001 Nights Apart Documentary Writer/director/producer The VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich[12]
2024 Maydegol Documentary Writer/director/producer

Publications

  • There Between Two Worlds, her first novella, was published by Ettefagh Publications in 2020.[16]
  • Stork and Snow, her poetry book, was published by Nazar Publishing in 2023.[17]

Exhibitions

  • Conversation, a performance and a solo artwork exhibited in October 2015 at Shirin Gallery, Tehran.[18]
  • The Diary, a solo artwork exhibited in October 2021 at Etemad 1 Gallery, Tehran.[19]
  • Stork and Snow, group exhibition in 2023 at O Gallery.[20]
  • Some Isles Some Places, group exhibition in 2025 with Stefan Ettlinger, at Martin Leyer-Pritzkow Ausstellungen, Düsseldorf.[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ Hallensleben, Silvia (21 July 2022). "Blicke in eine verschlossene Welt: Die Regisseurin Sarvnaz Alambeigi erkundet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm "1001 Nights Apart" die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des verbotenen Tanzes in Iran". Die Tageszeitung.
  2. ^ "Sarvnaz Alambeigi | filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Sarvnaz Alambeigi - Unifrance". en.unifrance.org. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. ^ ""1001 Nights Apart": Dancing for freedom in Iran | Qantara.de". qantara.de. 19 January 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  5. ^ "1001 Nights Apart | Documentary Campus".
  6. ^ https://www.regieverband.de/mitglieder/sarvnaz-alambeigi
  7. ^ "Kritische Blicke und aktuelle Themen beim Filmfest Osnabrück". www.nordmedia.de.
  8. ^ "Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli to realize his "Lions" dream". Tehran Times. 19 June 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Cypher and Lion (Noghteh Va Shir) | Iranian Film Festival". iranianfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 29 September 2022.
  10. ^ "REALFICTIONFILME - 1001 Nights Apart". www.realfictionfilme.de.
  11. ^ "1001 NIGHTS APART" – via www.dokfest-muenchen.de.
  12. ^ a b "'1001 Nights Apart' wins the VFF Documentary Film Production Award at DOK.fest Munich".
  13. ^ https://www.berlinale.de/de/2024/programm/202414269.html
  14. ^ Cunningham, Nick (25 October 2021). "DOK Leipzig: Saxon Award for Best Doc Project by a Female Director presented to Sarvnaz Alambeigi". Business Doc Europe.
  15. ^ "Smithsonian Event". www.si.edu. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  16. ^ بوک, بهان. "آن‌جا میان دو جهان". www.behanbook.ir.
  17. ^ "وب سایت و فروشگاه کتاب موسسه فرهنگی و پژوهشی چاپ و نشر نظر". نشر نظر.
  18. ^ "Conversation".
  19. ^ "The Diary".
  20. ^ https://darz.art/en/shows/12211
  21. ^ "Martin M. Leyer-Pritzkow - Kurator und Kunstvermittler zeitgenössischer Kunst". Martin Leyer-Pritzkow. 20 April 2024.
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