Sarvnaz Alambeigi

{{Infobox person

| name = Sarvnaz Alambeigi
سروناز علم بیگی

| image = Alambeigi-sarvnaz.jpg

| birth_place = Tehran, Iran

| nationality = Iranian

| alma_mater = Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch

| occupation = {{hlist|Filmmaker|director|producer|poet|painter}}

| years_active = 2000–present

}}

Sarvnaz Alambeigi ({{langx|fa|سروناز علم بیگی}}; born in Tehran, Iran){{cite news |last1=Hallensleben |first1=Silvia |title=Blicke in eine verschlossene Welt: Die Regisseurin Sarvnaz Alambeigi erkundet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm „1001 Nights Apart“ die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des verbotenen Tanzes in Iran |work=Die Tageszeitung |date=21 July 2022|via=ProQuest}} is an Iranian documentary film director, painter, and poet.{{Cite web |title=Sarvnaz Alambeigi {{!}} filmportal.de |url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/person/sarvnaz-alambeigi_55053c41b297414894518fa729e052f6 |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=www.filmportal.de}} Her most notable works are 1001 Nights Apart and Maydegol.

Life and career

Sarvnaz Alambeigi was born in the city of Tehran. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in painting from the Faculty of Arts and Architecture, Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch. She started her artistic career in 2000 with her first painting exhibition. She received film training from 2013 to 2018 in international educational institutions such as Documentary Campus Master-school and Danish Film School. In 2013, she founded her own film production company, Rabison Art. She is currently a member of Film Fatales, the European Women's Audiovisual Network, and the Association of Iranian Documentary Cinema Directors.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Her most notable work is 1001 Nights Apart, which was released in Germany in 2022https://www.realfictionfilme.de/1001-nights-apart.html and won the VFF Documentary Film Production Award at the Munich International Documentary Film Festival in May 2022,https://www.dokfest-muenchen.de/films/1001-nights-apart1 {{Cite web |title=1001 NIGHTS APART wins the VFF Documentary Film Production Award at DOK.fest Munich |url=https://www.documentary-campus.com/news/1001-nights-apart-wins-vff-documentary-film-produktion-award-dokfest-munich-1611}} a documentary film about Iran's pre- and post-Islamic revolution era, focusing on ballet dancers and underground dancers in Iran in two periods, before and after the 1979 Islamic Revolution.{{cite news |last1=van der Kooi |first1=Walter |title=Dansverlangens |url=https://www.groene.nl/artikel/dansverlangens |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=De Groene Amsterdammer |date=1 September 2021}}{{Cite web |last=Admin |date=20 July 2022 |title=Documentary about dance in Iran: Glimpses into a closed world |url=https://newsingermany.com/documentary-about-dance-in-iran-glimpses-into-a-closed-world/ |access-date=2022-09-28 |website=News in Germany |language=en-US}}{{cite news |last1=Hallensleben |first1=Silvia |title=Blicke in eine verschlossene Welt: Die Regisseurin Sarvnaz Alambeigi erkundet in ihrem Dokumentarfilm „1001 Nights Apart“ die Vergangenheit und Gegenwart des verbotenen Tanzes in Iran |work=Die Tageszeitung |date=21 July 2022|via=ProQuest}}

In 2021, Alambeigi won the Sunny Side of the Doc award for her global issues pitch and was later selected as a jury member for the 2022 awards season.{{cite news |last1=Ramachandran |first1=Naman |title=Sunny Side of the Doc Unveils 2022 Pitches, Achieves Perfect Gender Balance |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/global/sunny-side-of-the-doc-2022-pitches-1235262948/ |access-date=3 October 2022 |work=Variety |date=10 May 2022}} her film project with the working title (Broken Flower) won the Saxon Award for Best Documentary Project by a Female Director at the 64th edition of DOK Leipzig.{{Cite web |title=A celebratory opening in the cinema: The 64th edition of DOK Leipzig has begun · DOK Leipzig |url=https://www.dok-leipzig.de/en/presse/1635163200-142021 |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=DOK Leipzig |language=en}} The same film premiered at the Berlinale in February 2024 under the title Maydegol and received the Special Mention Generation 14plus from the International Jury.[9]

https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/awards-generation.html

In June 2017, her short film Cypher And Lion (Noghteh Va Shir) was released at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art after the opening ceremony for "The Lions of Iran" exhibit by Tanavoli in 2017.{{cite news |title=Sculptor Parviz Tanavoli to realize his "Lions" dream |work=Tehran Times |date=19 June 2017|url=https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/414424/Sculptor-Parviz-Tanavoli-to-realize-his-Lions-dream|access-date=3 October 2022}} The plot depicts the decline of Iran's sculptural culture and its revival after centuries by Parviz Tanavoli, the father of modern Iranian sculpture.{{Cite web |title=Cypher and Lion (Noghteh Va Shir) {{!}} Iranian Film Festival |url=http://iranianfilmfestival.org/all-date-list/cypher-and-lion/ |access-date=2022-09-29 |website=iranianfilmfestival.org}}

Notable works

= Documentary Films =

class="wikitable sortable"

!Year

!Name

!Genre

!Credit

!Awards

2013

|The Second Room

|Short/Documentary

|Director/producer

2017

|Tomorrowland

|Documentary

|Writer/director/producer

2017

|Cypher And Lion

|Short/|Documentary

|Director

2022

|1001 Nights Apart

|Documentary

|Writer/director/producer

|The VFF Documentary Film Produktion Award at DOK.fest Munich

2024

| Maydegol

| Documentary

| Writer/director/producer

= Publication(s) =

There Between Two Worlds, her first novella, was published by Ettefagh Publications in 2020.

https://www.behanbook.ir/product-33760?language=fa

Stork and Snow , her poetry book, was published by Nazar Publishing in 2023.

https://nazarpub.com/

= Artwork =

The diary, a solo artwork exhibited in October 2021 at Etemad 1 Gallery, Tehran.{{Cite web |title=The Diary |url=https://galleryinfo.ir/Event/en/15400}}
Conversation, a performance and a solo artwork exhibited in October 2015 at Shirin Gallery, Tehran.{{Cite web |title=Conversation |url=https://galleryinfo.ir/Event/en/1698}}