Azadeh Navai

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Female

Place of Birth Tehran, Iran

Azadeh Navai

Biography

Azadeh Navai (born 1985, Iran) holds an MFA in Film and Video from California Institute of the Arts, and a BFA in Graphic Design from University of Tehran. She creates 16mm and digital films with the focus on visual memory, its imprints through time and its fluctuations through age. Her films have been shown in a number of venues, including New York Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Mothlight Microcinema, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, San Diego Underground Festival and REDCAT Theater in Los Angeles. Her film, Friday Mosque, won the Jury Award at Binghamton University Film Festival (SEFF), and her other film, Remembering the Pentagons, was mentioned on Artforum in 2016, as well as winning the Best Experimental Short award at FILMADRID. In her latest piece, The Yellow Curtain, she examines the aftermath of the 1979 Iranian revolution through her grandfather's memories. Navai lives and works in Los Angeles.

Known For

Director

2023
Rizoo

as Director

2022
Gladiolus

as Director

2017
The Yellow Curtain

as Director

2014
Friday Mosque

as Director

Producer

Writer

2023
Rizoo

as Writer

Editor

2023
Rizoo

as Editor