Shirin Barghnavard is a documentary film director and editor based in Tehran, Iran. In her films, Shirin combines social issues with specific research on the role of women in the society. Among her films are “21 Days and Me” (2012), “Profession: Documentarist” (2014), “Scenes from a Divorce” (2015), “Poets of Life” (2017) and “Invisible” (2019).

During her residency Shirin Barghnavard wrote the screenplay for two film projects. The first is a feature-length collective documentary film (Co-production of collaborators based in Germany, France and Iran) of which she directs one of the episodes. Shirin also worked on her first feature fiction film. This project will be co-produced between collaborators based in Australia and Iran.