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Scheherazade's eastern dream

Scheherazade was a woman storyteller in ancient Persian tales. But this time, this eastern woman is telling her own story and the story of most middle eastern women who are fighting traditional ways to bring modernity into their lives. The story is told through metaphors and symbolic images such as occur in our dreams or when we allow our subconscious to take over.

  • Katayoun Afrooz
    Director
  • Katayoun Afrooz
    Writer
  • Farideh Kasravi
    Producer
  • Yasaman Faramarzi
    Key Cast
    "Scheherazade"
  • Kaveh Kateb
    Music
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 43 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    United States
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Independent Shorts Awards
    Los Angeles, CA
    United States
    Best Experimental Short
  • Venice short film festival
    Venice, CA
    United States
    Best Experimental Short Film
Director Biography - Katayoun Afrooz

Katayoun Afrooz is a visual artist, filmmaker and photographer.

She holds a degree in filmmaking and visual arts. Furthermore, she studied filmmaking and video art under critically-acclaimed Iranian film director Abbas Kiarostami.

Katayoun main concern is human experience and notion of one ‘s self. which she is exploring through moving images.

Currently based in California, Katayoun continued focusing on making films and video art projects.

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Director Statement

My film is an experimental attempt to tell a story of an eastern woman coming to her own self.