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Niyaz Saghari (Iran/UK) is an Iranian born, UK based filmmaker. Graduating from Film Directing from Art University of Tehran, she continued her studies on the MA Animation at Newport. She has been directing documentaries and making experimental films. Her work focuses on urban life in her home towns of Tehran and Bristol. She is a member of Bristol Experimental Expanded Film (BEEF), a collective focused on analogue vision and sound.
Director:
1998 The Charcoal Alley
2019 The Stairs, The Suitcases and The Grand Hall of Books
2020 Ghazal no 884 By Bidel
2021 +X+=+
2021 The Missing Commas I & II
2021 VHS Diaries
2022 Entangled as Species
2024 Ripple Effect
Editor:
1998 The Charcoal Alley
2019 Filmfarsi
2019 The Stairs, The Suitcases and The Grand Hall of Books
2020 Ghazal no 884 By Bidel
2021 +X+=+
2021 The Missing Commas I & II
2021 VHS Diaries
2022 Entangled as Species
2023 Celluloid Underground
2024 Ripple Effect
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