In Memory of Arash Talebi
1986-2015
Mina Eftekhari was born in 1983 in Tehran. She started her artistic activity in 1998 at the age of 15 by entering the “Young Cinematographers Center” and succeeded in obtaining an acting diploma.
In the same year, she received a diploma in graphic design from the 17th Shahrivar art school and between 2004 and 2006, she succeeded in obtaining a diploma in filmmaking at the “Tehran High Film School” headed by Ahmad Alasti.
Between 2001 and 2005, she studied theater direction at Soureh University, but due to opposition to censorship and severe restrictions, as well as opposition to some university policies, she was prevented from continuing her studies just before presenting her thesis.
In 2010, she became a member of the http://www.cutartists.com performance art group, managed by Bavand Behpour, and started working in the direction of performance art from the same year, she has been involved in various activities in this field and she has performed many performances in the streets and galleries.
She has also participated in several workshops, including a workshop with Richard Shekner, which was held in collaboration with Behpour and Rahe Abrisham Gallery.
In her cinematic experience, she produced a documentary about underground rock, metal, and fusion bands in Iran between 2012 and 2014.
From 2015 to 2017, she worked as an underground vocal artist and participated in several underground concerts in Tehran as a singer and performance artist. She was also a member of the underground music band which was called «Girls Band».
In 2019, she joined the underground filmmaking collective «Jump Cut», and in 2021, she appeared in the short film project “Two” directed by Ardavan Tarakameh and Arash Roshan as an actress and screenwriter, and in the film “Momentography of an Assassination” that was Another product of Jump Cut Group in 2022 she was played a role on that.
She is currently a student of social sciences and is also engaged in research in the fields of performance studies and feminist studies.
E-mail: Minaa.eftekhari@gmail.com
Ardavan Tarakameh was born in 1985 in Isfahan, and founder and member of the Jump-Cut Group
Master of Arts in Film Directing from Soore University and Master of Social Science, writing in ‘Shargh’, ‘Etemad’ and ‘Etemad Melli’ newspapers, and ‘Cinema and Literature’ and ‘Book City’ magazines.
Author of articles in film criticism, literature, philosophy, and politics.
One of the authors of the book “The End of a Beginning” is a collection of authored and translated articles about the Dziga Vertov Group-Godard and Gorin, which “Elmi Farhangi” Publications have published.
Screening of the works of Jean-Luc Godard and Peter Watkins at Cinematheque of Tehran Museum of Contemporary Arts-2016-2017 :
He is currently preparing a book on the Iranian Cinema Azaad movement.
E-mail: ardavan.tarakameh@gmail.com
Director’s Filmography:
Momentography of an assassination-2022
Do you remember the Revolution? -2022
The Whole Reality in a tiny bit of Time-2021
Attack of Present to other times-2020
And I didn’t see Zaven again-2018
Run Refugees Run !!-2018 Strike-2015
Kajal Malekzadeh was born October 12, 1984 in Tehran, and one of the members of the jump-cut Group
After receiving a diploma in graphic arts, she graduated in cinema directing at the bachelor’s level. She made her first documentary called Arabesque in 2000.
Since 2000, she has made two short documentary films, three short fiction films, two short animations, and two animated music videos, and she has been the producer of a short fiction film. At the same time, in the pre-production department, she has produced many short fiction films, and documentaries, as She has been a lookbook designer, concept artist, character, and storyboard designer. She has also designed posters for many documentaries and fiction experimental works.
Since 2003, she has been teaching animation and film to teenagers in her resume.
Arash Roshan was born in 1987 in shiraz,and is one of the members of the Jump-Cut Group
After the Iran-Iraq war, he lived his childhood in Abadan with his family, and then at the age of 14, he immigrated to Tehran and entered the Kamal al-Mulk Conservatory in Tehran and received his diploma in theater. He started his activities in the theater with professional directors such as Akbar Zanjanpour, Adel Bezdodeh, Hamidreza ReeShahri, and… as an actor. In 2006, he entered the university and studied film directing. Then he continues his studies in the field of social studies at the postgraduate level. He has worked as an assistant director in film and television projects for many years. In 2011, he and other comrades created the Jump Cut group, the main activities of this group are the production of underground and political films that are made collectively, as well as theoretical research about political cinema, holding film screening and analysis sessions, and …
Movies:
2022: Two: actor, writer, director, editor and producer
2022: Momentography of an assassination: actor, writer, director and producer
E-mail: arash.roshan87@gmail.com
Kianouche AKHBARI
E-mail : kianouche1985@gmail.com
-License en réalisation du cinéma à l’Université de Soureh, Téhéran, Iran (2005-2012)
https://www.tiwall.com/p/namehaye.shabane
-metteur en scène du spectacle « Marx et Coca-cola » au salon du théâtre de Paliz, Téhéran, Iran (Janvier-Février 2016)
https://www.tiwall.com/p/marks.cocacola
-Réalisateur du court-métrage « Recherche-moi » pour projet de thèse de l’université (2010)
-Écrivain, réalisateur et producteur de long-métrage « Silhouette », 2021
-AKHBARI, Kianouche, TARAKAMEH, Ardavan, éditoriale de « fin du commencement », Traduit par AKHBARI, Kianouche, TARAKAMEH, Ardavan et les autres, Publié par Elmi-Farhangi, Téhéran, 2020, ISBN : 978-600-436-760-8.
-La traduction du livre “La critique sociale au cinéma” de Frank Fischbach
-Conférence de « La journée mondiale de la philosophie » à l’école Inverse, Téhéran, 2017.
-Webinaire de « La critique sociale au cinéma », 2020.
Nima Bagheri
Born in 1985, Tehran, Iran.
In 2003, after finishing high school and due to my interest in cinema, I participated in Dr Reza Nabavi’s photography, lighting and videography training courses. I started learning still graphics, motion graphics and video editing in 2005. Since 2013 I have been working with Jump Cut Group in the field of videography, graphics, motion graphics and video editing.
Select Projects with Jump cut group
2022: videographer, Two (short film)
2021: video editor and still graphic designer, Silhouette or The One That Rises and Reaches Before The Sun (film)
2020: videographer, video editor, colourists, VFX, sound designer and still graphic designer, The Whole Reality in A Tiny Bit of Time (film)
2012: colorist, Strike (short film)
Select Independent Projects
2022: Member of Film Viewing Panel indiecork film festival.
2009: producer, director, videographer and video editor, 2.5.7 (short documentary film)
2008: animator and designer, Mr Stalin (short animation)
E-Mail: 4ni.ba.sa@gmail.com