Mahboubeh Honarian

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

Mahboubeh Honarian
محبوبه هنریان
Born
Isfahan, Iran
NationalityPersian - Canadian
EducationNottingham Trent University - United Kingdom
Occupation(s)Film Producer and Director
Years active1993–present
Websitewww.veramedia.com

Mahboubeh Honarian (Persian: محبوبه هنریان; born in 1962) is an Iranian-Canadian film director and film producer. She was awarded her MSc in engineering multimedia and BA in Humanities with a media and cultural studies bias in the United Kingdom.

She has been working as a film producer and director on a broad range of documentary, feature film and short film films as well as TV eeries mainly focused on social issues such as war, homelessness, drug addiction]], child abuse and refugees. The main concerns of her films are emphasized on women, children and youth.[1]

Honarian has been invited to serve on the jury of a number of film festivals, including the International Emmy Awards in New York from 2010 to 2017,[2] ‘the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (ACCT), Canada, 2016/2017,[3] the Documentary Voices, Pulling Focus festival in Dubai in 2008, and the Great 11th Festival of Iranian Cinema in Iran in 2007. [4]

She was invited as a guest filmmaker to various festivals including the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers in Germany in 2010, the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival as a member of a discussion panel at Spotlight on Iran in Canada in 2008 and at the GZ DOC film festival on International Producer's Day in China in 2008, 2012 and 2013.[5] [6]

She has been a member of Program Supervisory Board for the Conference of Visual Representations of Iran, University of St-Andrews, Scotland, in 2008 and a member of Scientific Board for the First Symposium on Visual Anthropology of Iran, Anthropology Society of Iran, University of Tehran in 2007.[7][8]

Honarian has been the president of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association for four years (2004–2008) and as an Information/Documentation officer for the United Nations Development Programme after the disastrous 2003 Bam earthquake.

Filmography[edit]

  • Producer of 'Sami', a Fiction film related to War Mines, 78 minutes, 2019
  • 'Life Comes Back To Me', a documentary about the Syrian Refugee Children in camps, 33 minutes, 2019
  • 'Unknown Beauty', 47 minutes, 2014 [9]
  • 'CHINA', A co-produced documentary with CCTV's Documentary Channel (China Central Television) in collaboration with British Museum and V&A Museum, 2012
  • 'Hidden In Dust' (Drug addicted people), 45 minutes, 2007
  • 'The Bam That We All Want', (UNDP activities in Bam, Iran, after the Earthquake), 60 minutes, 2005
  • 'This is not a Game', A Short film about three primary school girls researching on addiction of young people, 30 minutes, 2003
  • 'The Bitter Awakening' (Homeless people), 30 minutes, 2002
  • 'Playing With Life' (Runaway girls), 20 minutes, 2000

TV Series[edit]

  • 'Documentary From Another Perspective', TV Series (public's opinion towards the influence of a documentary film), (26 episodes, Documentary films with different subjects/issues), 2011-2013 [10]
  • 'Hidden In Fog', TV Series (People and life in London), (5 parts), UK. 2007
  • 'Physics In Iran', TV Series, Channel 4, (13 parts), Iran, 2006
  • 'Our Tomorrow's Hopes' - TV Series (Teenagers), Channel 1, (72 Parts), Iran, 2004
  • 'The Anxious Eyes', TV Series (Children Of Addiction), Channel 5, (13 parts), Iran, 2003
  • 'Successful Women', TV Series, Jam-e Jam Channel, (10 parts), Iran, 2002
  • 'Street Children', TV Series, Channel 4, (13 parts), Iran, 2001
  • 'Children's Rights', TV Series, Channel 4, (3 parts), Iran, 2000
  • 'Photokina 2000', TV Series, (5 parts), Germany, 2000
  • 'Children, Film, Violence', TV Series, Channel 4, (7 parts), Iran, 2000

Awards/Screenings[edit]

  • Unknown Beauty, 47 minutes, 2014
- Best Directing, at the "Global Motion Picture Awards" Festival, 2018 [11]
- The Best Film Award at the "Breaking Down Barriers" Film Festival, section ‘Shattering Stereotypes’, Moscow, 2014 [12]
- At the ‘Noor' Film Festival,(USA)
- At the ‘Assim Vivemos’ Festival’ (Brazil)
- At the ‘Extraordinary’ film Festival (Belgium)
- At the "Cinema Verite (The Annual Iran International Documentary Film Festival), Iran, 2014[13]
- Premiere at the "INTERdoc 2014", Serbia, 2014
  • Hidden In Dust (drug addicted people), 45 minutes, 2007 [14]
- Screened and presented at the Bangkok Harm Reduction film festival, Thailand, 2009
- Screened and presented at the 4th annual In the Mind's Eye film festival, Canada, 2008
- Screened and presented at the Documentary Voices, Pulling Focus film festival, Dubai, 2008
  • Playing With Life (runaway girls), 20 minutes, 2000
- Screened and presented at the Dortmund/Cologne International Women's film festival, Germany, 2006
- Nominated as one of the best films in the Iranian Cinema film festival, Iran, 2000
- Nominated and Screened at the Kish Documentary film festival, Iran, 2000

Professional Experience[edit]

Since 2000, Honarian has been involved in Media and Film industry. In 2007, she founded her film production company VeraMedia International Productions in Toronto, Canada[15]

Besides being a filmmaker, Honarian has also been active in various social and cultural activities, including:

  • The President of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association IRDFA in 2002-2003 and 2005–2008.
  • The Director of the Documentary Film Festival, ‘Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds’, in 2016.
  • Guest Lecturer in Criminology at Eastern College, Halifax, 2016
  • Curator/Organizer of Photo Exhibitions, Toronto, Canada, 2013-2015
  • A member of the Project "Women as Peacemakers through Religion", A Joint Workshop of ‘Muslim and Christian Women’ by Geneva's World Council of Churches GWCC and Tehran's Institute for Interreligious Dialogue IID, in 2007–2009.
  • The Director of International Relations for the ‘Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds’ House of Cinema at Cannes Film Festival in 2009.
  • The Information/Documentation Officer for the United Nations Development Programme UNDP, Iran in 2004.

Juror[edit]

  • The "International Emmy Awards" for the 'Documentary' Category, Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York, 2010-2014[2]
  • "Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television", (ACCT), Canada, 2016/2017,[3]
  • "Documentary Voices Festival", Pulling Focus, bringing together documentary filmmakers from three different cultures of Arab, American and Iranian. Documentary Voices, Dubai, UAE. 2008[4]
  • "Jam Film Festival", Iran, 2008
  • "The Great 11th Festival of Iranian Cinema", Iran, 2007[16]
  • "Varesh Film Festival", Iran, 2003[17]

Membership[edit]

Honarian is also a member of the following organizations:

  • Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’ (ACCT), Canada, since 2016
  • International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences’(Emmy), USA, 2015
  • A member of the Women in Film and Television – Toronto, WIFT, Canada, 2018[18]
  • A member of the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers WCSFP, Germany, 2010[5]
  • A member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association IRDFA Iran, 2000–Present[19]
  • A member of the European Documentary Network, EDN, Denmark, 2008–Present[20]
  • A member of the Documentary Organization of Canada, DOC Canada, 2008–Present[21]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mahboubeh Honarian". IMDb. [better source needed]
  2. ^ a b "International Emmy Almanac 2013 by World Screen - Issuu". issuu.com. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 9 June 2023. [better source needed]
  3. ^ a b Issue post [dead link]
  4. ^ a b "Voicing life through film". Emirates24/7.
  5. ^ a b "Who's Coming : World Congress of Science and Factual Producers". Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Hot Docs | Schedule : Event : Hot Docs Talks 3 Iran to You". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Anthropology Iran". Archived from the original on 16 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  8. ^ "Announcements | H-Net".
  9. ^ "Unknown Beauty | VeraMedia".
  10. ^ "Documentary from another Perspective | VeraMedia". Archived from the original on 19 February 2015. Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Global Motion Picture Awards".
  12. ^ "The International Disability Film Festival "Breaking down barriers" - News". kinofest.org. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  13. ^ "مرکز گسترش سینمای مستند و تجربی - یافت نشد" (PDF).
  14. ^ Bangkok Film Program 2009 burnet.edu.au [dead link]
  15. ^ "Mahboubeh Honarian | VeraMedia".
  16. ^ "Home | House of Cinema".
  17. ^ "Varesh International Film Festival". www.en.vareshfestival.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  18. ^ "WIFT Toronto". WIFT Toronto. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  19. ^ "صفحه اصلی وب‌سایت انجمن مستندسازان سینمای ایران - انجمن مستندسازان سینمای ایران ( انجمن کارگردانان سینمای مستند ایران)". انجمن مستندسازان سینمای ایران. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  20. ^ Members European Documentary Network [permanent dead link]
  21. ^ "DOC Toronto". Documentary Organization of Canada / Documentaristes du Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2023.

Sources[edit]

External links[edit]

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mahboubeh_Honarian&oldid=1159251971"