Giullare

A poorly talented writer pays Jovan a prostitute to listen to a story about a character who resembles him.

Director, Screenwriter and Editor: Maryam Raz,

Director of Photography: Salvatore Esposito,
Cast: Marzia Fontana, Nico Mezzetti, Luca Giovannini,

Composers: Tommaso Miranda, Domenico Sabella,

Produced by: Salvatore Esposito, Maryam Raz.

The film was in official selection of Film Egypt Festival (2017), Inshort Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria (2018), Equality Festival in Kiev (2016), was finalist in Phoenix Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia, finalist in StarBest Film Festival in Melbourne, Australia (2017) and selected as semi-finalist in Canada’s World International Film Festival in Toronto (2017) and semi-finalist in San Mauro Film Festival in Torino, Italy (2018).

Chi Vuol Esser Lieto, Sia

Quant’è bella giovinezza
che si fugge tuttavia!
Chi vuole esser lieto, sia,
di doman non c’è certezza.
The title is inspired by Lorenzo De Medici's poetry about "Youth": whoever wishes to be glad, he shall.
Director, Screenwriter, Editor: Maryam Raz,

Director of Photography: Salvatore Esposito,

Cast: Tommaso Miranda, Carla Ferro, Leonardo Duca,

Composer: Tommaso Miranda,

Produced by: Salvatore Esposito, Maryam Raz and CICI Productions.

The film has been made during CICI Film Festival artistic residency (2015) in Sicily and was in official selection of STIFF Film Festival in Torino, Italy (2018), Golden Sun Short Film Festival in Malta (2016), Inshort Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria (2018), GEOFILMFESTIVAL in Padova (2017) and Creative International Open Film Festival (IOFF) in Dhaka, Bangladesh (2018) and was semi-finalist in Iranian Film Festival (IFF) in San Francisco (2016) and was finalist in Tuzla Film Festival in Bosnia (2016) and finalist in Grand IndieWise Convention (2016).

LA Mite - Reading Dostoevsky

La Mite is an experimental, photography-based short film, based on "The Gentle Spirit" by Dostoevsky.
The narrator facing the lifeless body of his wife laid out on a table, attempts to make sense of the situation and find out (by reviewing what has happened in the past) why on earth this woman is dead?

Director, Screenwriter, Editor: Maryam Raz, Photographers: Maryam Raz, Salvatore Esposito,

Cast: Elena Gridneva, Ulderico Di Domenico, Salvatore Esposito, Sergey Silchenko, Kate Rowe,

Produced by: Salvatore Esposito, Maryam Raz.

The film was selected as finalist in Phoenix Film Festival in Melbourne (2016), Australia and Grand IndieWise Convention in Miami, Florida (2016).

Bam photographic Rescue Project:

Saving what we can of the past

A documentary about photo studios in Bam, the Iranian city which was almost completely destroyed by earthquake.

After Bam earthquake, Parisa Damandan, Iranian photographer and photo-archivist set out to Bam with the idea of retrieving the photographs of photo studios from the debris. The photos were then arranged into a photo-list of personnel photos and snapshots from all studios in Bam.

Documentary Makers: Maryam Raz and Reza Torabi,

Editor: Pejman Daroovar,

Produced by: Iranian Photographic Foundation.
This documentary has been screened in Leiden University in Netherlands in Artists’ Strategies, Photography and Archives symposium in (2006) and it was in the official selection of OFAC Film Festival in Naples, Italy (2016).

Orchestration

San Giovanni a Teduccio is one of the many abandoned industrial areas in countryside of Naples where a group street artists share an abandoned library with an orchestra of classic music as the place of rehearsal and artistic activity. This documentary is a collection of various portraits of the characters who are attending this location. People who are different just as musical instruments but together are capable of creating a harmony.

Director, Camera person and Editor: Maryam Raz,

Produced by: Salvatore Esposito and Maryam Raz.

Solo

An experimental short film about a young music student in Tehran, just tuning his cello.

The film is inspired by the real rehearsal location of music students in University of Tehran: an isolated corridor-like space from both sides blocked by rows of lockers. Music students would mostly rehearse below the stairs, facing a mere white wall, on the dead end of this presumed shelter.

Director, Screenwriter, Editor: Maryam Raz,

Director of Photography: Davood Ashrafi,

Sound Operator: Hossein Sedghi,

Cast: Mahyar Tahmasbi,

Music: Mahyar Tahmasbi,

Produced by: Davood Ashrafi, Reza Hosseini.

The Landing

The Coldness of the life of a married couple living in an apartment in Tehran and that of a young couple who have ran away and taken shelter on the roof of the same building for the night. The young couple waits for a call from someone who is supposed to help them find a place and to later leave the country.
Director, Screenwriter, Editor: Maryam Raz,

Director of Photography: Pooyan Kafili,

Sound: Ashkan Fatahi,

Cast: Roshanak Azarafshar, Damoon Parsa, Fatemeh Boloorchi, Omid Hashemloo,

Produced by: Reza Hosseini, Mehdi Mojtahedi.

Commute

A photography-based narrative, documenting the daily path of commuters who are living outside of Tehran and commute daily to Tehran for work.

This short film has been produced within Abbas Kiarostami Film making workshop in Tehran.
Photographer, Director: Maryam Raz,

Editor: Meghdad Shahed,

Produced by: Karname institute, Abbas Kiarostami Filmmaking workshop.

Fear and Trembling

An experimental short film about the character’s sound memory, which is that of a person who lives in Tehran.

Director, Screenwriter, Editor: Maryam Raz,

Director of Photography: Davood Ashrafi,

Sound: Mehdi Akbari,

Cast: Amar Tafti,

Produced by: Farhat Film.

The film was nominated as best experimental short film in Tehran Short Film Festival in 2006 and won the best editing award in First Iranian Art Student Festival in Tehran in 2003.

Nameless Crime - Crumbling

Official Videoclip From the album: "Stone the Fool"

(Revalve Records)

Crumbling was selected as finalist in Grand IndieWise Convention in Miami, Floredia (2016).

Driving Mrs. Satan - Antisocial

Official Videoclip From the album: Did you mrs. me?

(Agualoca Records)

Bestiario Marino - Francesco Massaro

Official Videoclip From the album: Bestiario Marino

(Desuonatori Production)