瑟派德·法塞 Sepideh Farsi

Born in Tehran, Sepideh Farsi moved to Paris to study mathematics, but soon drifted towards cinema. After some short films, her documentary Homi Sethna, Filmmaker won several awards. Followed by Harat and Tehran Without Permission, that both premiered in Locarno. Her first two features Dreams Of Dust and The Gaze premiered in Rotterdam film festival. She then directed The House Under The Water (Fipresci prize in Moscow IFF), followed by Red Rose, premiere in Toronto film festival 2014, followed by Despo, Labros, Spyridoula and Papandreou. Her last documentary 7 Veils won the Grand Prix of the French Competition in FID Marseille festival (2017). In 2019, she shot I Will Cross Tomorrow in Greece. Her latest film The Siren, an animation feature, is in the final stages of post-production.