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Jennifer Saparzadeh
jennifer.saparzadeh@gmail.com
b. 1989, USA

Education
MFA 2014, École Cantonale des Arts de Lausanne
BA 2012, Hampshire College

Screenings
2020
L'ETNA Lab, Paris, France
2019
Human Resources, Los Angeles, CA
USC, Los Angeles, CA
Discostan, Los Angeles, CA
2018
Acid Free Los Angeles, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
WNDX Festival / Winnipeg, Canada
Edinburgh International Film Festival
San Francisco International Film Festival
41st International Portland Film Festival
Les Inattendus, Paris, France
TIFF Lightbox / Toronto, Canada
MASSMOCA / Boston, MA
ICDOCS International Documentary Film Festival/ Iowa City, Iowa
2017
l'Alternativa 24th Barcelona Independent Film Festival / Barcelona, Spain
Transient Visions: Festival of the Moving Image / Johnson City, NY
Antimatter Media Art Festival/ Victoria, BC, Canada
Paris Festival for Different and Experimental Cinema / Paris, France
MOCA Museum of Contemporary Art / Screen: Hysterical Document / LA, CA
Echo Park Film Center / New Works Salon XL / Los Angeles, CA
3° Edição do Dobra / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Media City Film Festival / Windsor, Ontario and Detroit, Michigan
Experiments in Cinema v12.3 / Albuquerque, New Mexico
2016
Das Weisse Haus / die weisse ab–haus–verkaufs–kunstschau / Vienna, Austria
2015
12gates Video Art Film Festival/ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Aggregate Space Gallery/ Oakland, CA
2014
Zebralab/ Geneva, Switzerland
2013
Cinéma Sao Jorge / Lisbon, Portugal
Flying Object/ Holyoke, MA

Visiting Artist Talks
The Broad, "The Logic of Poetry", 2020
MASSMOCA, artist presentation , 2018
Glendale Community College, "Art and Activism", 2017

Curatorial Works
Forough Farrohkzad "The House is Black", Hila Sedighi "Baba" at the Echo Park Film Center

Grants/Awards
Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts Residency Award, 2018
Das Weisse Haus Residency Fund, 2016
Echo Park Film Center Artist in Residence Scholarship, 2015
OFC Production Grant, 2014
Reseau Netzwerk Grant, 2013
Elaine Mayes Grant, 2011
Non Satis Scire Scholarship, 2007-2011
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Grant, 2010

Residencies
Activation Residency, Woodridge, NY Fall 2019
Los Feliz Charter School for the Arts, Los Angeles, CA Spring 2018
Studio Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, Austria Spring 2016
Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA Spring 2015

Press
Online:
Women and Film
Desist Film, New Filmmakers: Jennifer Saparzadeh
Marco's Island w/ Jennifer Saparzadeh
Media City Film Festival 2017: Jennifer Saparzadeh
Film Review: Nu Dem