Keynote lecture by Dr. Zahra Khosroshahi
In a country that has tried to erase, marginalize, and ignore women's bodies, filmmakers have found creative ways to confront and challenge such ideologies. Turning to genre films, this talk explores the various ways women's bodies show up on the Iranian screen.
Dr Zahra Khosroshahi (she/her) is a lecturer in Film and Television Studies at the University of Glasgow. Her PhD dissertation dealt with visual representations of women in contemporary Iranian cinema. Her research focuses on how Iran’s cinematic movements and productions respond to the country’s social conditions, and how the visual culture, specifically cinema, provides a platform for resistance and activism. She is currently working on her forthcoming book Iranian Women Filmmakers: A Cinema of Resistance (Edinburgh University Press, 2023).
