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Elahe Massumi

Elahe Massumi

Director, Producer, Writer

Born June 11, 1961 in Isfahan, Iran

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Elahe Massumi is an Iranian-born film maker and producer, whose work has been acclaimed internationally.

Born in Esfahan, she moved to the US in 1978, and to New York in 1986, where she earned a Master in Fine Arts at the Pratt Institute.

Since her debut, her eyes and voice have been giving a clear face to the motivations and consequences linked to raw survival, when people's morality and dignity are challenged by the oppression, prejudices and instabilities that still exist in some areas of the world.

Elahe's work does not allow itself to be intimidated. On the contrary, it breaks the barrier of silence and hypocrisy, especially when it comes to denouncing and defending the right of children and women. Her purpose is to make sure that their cries are not muffled by the indifference of those who live far, from otherwise unthinkable realities.

She begins her career by making 16 short films, in format of art installations, until her breakthrough in 2018, with her long feature Roxane. The film, recipient of several international awards, explores men's abuse of power over women forced into temporary marriages and prostitution, through a new and by then unique animation style.

Her recent projects, Violin and Dark Heritage, focus respectively on the life of a renown Iranian female violinist -the victim of domestic abuse- who ends up in a Turkish prison (inspired by true events), and on the exploitation of minor in Congo's coltan mines.

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1 wins and 2 nominations

Filmography

Director

17

Type

Year

Dark Heritage Feature Film2022

Violin Feature Film2022

Roxana Feature Film2018

Patriarcal Poster

Patriarcal Video2015

Gypsy King Documentary2008

Gypsy Holocaust Short Film2007

Bitter Moon Poster

Bitter Moon Short Film2004

Blood of My Father Poster

Blood of My Father Short Film2004

Female Infanticide Poster

Female Infanticide Short Film2004

Juliet Short Film2004

Trial, 2001 Poster

Trial, 2001 Video2001

A Kiss Is Not a Kiss Poster

A Kiss Is Not a Kiss Short Film2000

Eunuchs Short Film2000

Longing Short Film1998

Architecture of Peace Short Film1997

Obliteration Poster

Obliteration Feature Film1995

Thrushing Short Film1995

Producer

17

Type

Year

Dark Heritage Feature Film2022

Violin Feature Film2022

Roxana Feature Film2018

Patriarcal Poster

Patriarcal Video2015

Gypsy King Documentary2008

Gypsy Holocaust Short Film2007

Bitter Moon Poster

Bitter Moon Short Film2004

Blood of My Father Poster

Blood of My Father Short Film2004

Female Infanticide Poster

Female Infanticide Short Film2004

Juliet Short Film2004

Trial, 2001 Poster

Trial, 2001 Video2001

A Kiss Is Not a Kiss Poster

A Kiss Is Not a Kiss Short Film2000

Eunuchs Short Film2000

Longing Short Film1998

Architecture of Peace Short Film1997

Obliteration Poster

Obliteration Feature Film1995

Thrushing Short Film1995

Writer

16

Type

Year

Dark Heritage Feature Film2022

Violin Feature Film2022

Roxana Feature Film2018

Gypsy King Documentary2008

Gypsy Holocaust Short Film2007

Bitter Moon Poster

Bitter Moon Short Film2004

Blood of My Father Poster

Blood of My Father Short Film2004

Female Infanticide Poster

Female Infanticide Short Film2004

Juliet Short Film2004

Trial, 2001 Poster

Trial, 2001 Video2001

A Kiss Is Not a Kiss Poster

A Kiss Is Not a Kiss Short Film2000

Eunuchs Short Film2000

Longing Short Film1998

Architecture of Peace Short Film1997

Obliteration Poster

Obliteration Feature Film1995

Thrushing Short Film1995

Editor

9

Type

Year

Gypsy King Documentary2008

Gypsy Holocaust Short Film2007

Bitter Moon Poster

Bitter Moon Short Film2004

Blood of My Father Poster

Blood of My Father Short Film2004

Juliet Short Film2004

Longing Short Film1998

Architecture of Peace Short Film1997

Obliteration Poster

Obliteration Feature Film1995

Thrushing Short Film1995

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