Anahita Ghazvinizadeh
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IWC Filmmaker Award 2017 Honorable Mention
About
Anahita Ghazvinizadeh is an Iranian filmmaker based in Chicago. Childhood, family theater, notions of growth and gender identity are the main themes in her films. Among numerous screenings and awards, she received the First Prize Cinéfondation Award at Cannes Film Festival for her short Needle.
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Through the prism of J, a gender expansive teenager going through puberty suppression, notions of in-between-ness, be that gender, national/cultural identity, or indeed the very puzzling idea(s) of “home”, are explored.