Amina Maher

Amina Maher Persian امین ماهر born 1992 is an Iranianborn queer feminist artist activist actress and filmmaker living in Berlin Germany Her works are focused on the breakdown of family structure shame culture and patriarchal myths Her creative works criticize traditions media culture and norms Her cinematic activity began as the main actor in Abbas Kiarostami and Mania Akbaris Ten 2002 nominated for the Palme dOr at Cannes Film Festival Since then she acted edited and has been in films that have been part of festivals such as Cannes Film Festival British Film Institute San Sebastián International Film Festival and International Film Festival Rotterdam Her directorial short films have been internationally well received with 200 festival participations and 50 Awards from festivals such as Ann Arbor Film Festival TLVFest Reeling The Chicago LGBTQ International Film Festival Expresión en Corto International Film Festival and Shorts México among many others Her three short films Letter to My Mother Out of Frame and Where Is the Friends Home have been part of the Internationales Frauen Film Fest DortmundKöln and Museum Ostwall in 2022 Her creative work explores childhood memories mental health and selfrealization with a mission to amplify trans and queer storylines Her first directorial debüt feature has been part of Berlin International Film Festival Dok Station Lab Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival CPHDOX Forum and FID Lab Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Description above from the Wikipedia article Amina Maher licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia