Panel discussion at Ygrec-ENSAPC art centre in Paris, Dec 2023

As part of a partnership between the Cité internationale des arts de Paris and the Paris Cergy National Graduate School of Art (ENSAPC), I was invited to Paris from October to December 2023 as a guest artist-lecturer. To conclude my residency and workshop, I presented some of my recent documentary films and a selection of short films made by the students during my workshop at the Ygrec-ENSAPC art center in a five-day event titled "The Cinema of Resistance."

On December 15, the screening of "Profession: Documentarist" was followed by a discussion between me, Sahar Salahshoor (director), and Nicole Fernández Ferrer (co-president of the Simone de Beauvoir Audiovisual Center), moderated by Guillaume Breton (artistic director of the Ygrec-ENSAPC Art Center). During the discussion, we contextualized the talk around "Profession: Documentarist" and explored how the camera serves as a tool for filmmakers facing political and social repression.

The Cinema of Resistance, Shirin Barghnavard at the Ygrec-ENSAPC art center

Panel discussion on The Cinema of Resistance with Sahar Salahshoor (director), and Nicole Fernández Ferrer (co-president of the Simone de Beauvoir Audiovisual Center), moderated by Guillaume Breton (artistic director of the Ygrec-ENSAPC Art Center)