Dr Maryam Ghorbankarimi
Lecturer in Film PracticeProfile
Maryam Ghorbankarimi is a filmmaker and film scholar. Her research is focused on representation women both in front of and behind the camera. Her first monograph entitled A Colourful Presence; The Evolution of Women’s Representation in Iranian Cinema (2015) was published in 2015. Her current research is on transnational cinemas and cultures, specifically the representation of gender and sexuality in Iranian cinema. Her second book, the edited volume on seminal Iranian female filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad, ReFocus: The Works of Rakhshan Banietemad (2021) was published in spring 2021 (Edinburgh University Press). She has been working on a large scale publication on Iranian cinema with Michelle Langford and Zahra Khosroshahi, I.B. Tauris Handbook of Iranian Cinema will come out later this year.
Maryam is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has developed and led the MA in Film studies as well as a number of new practice based modules in film at Lancaster University.
UNDERGRADUATE
I am the current Director of Film Studies.
I convene and teach the second-year optional module: Short Film Production (LICA259), the third-year optional module: Experimental Cinema: Theory and Practice (LICA 359)
I also contribute lectures on the 1st-year Film Studies core module, Introduction to Film Studies (LICA150), on the 2nd-year core Film Studies module, Global Cinema (LICA251) and I supervise a number of undergraduate dissertations.
POSTGRADUATE
I am the course leader of MA in Film Studies.
I convene the core MA modules LICA441: Transnanational Cinemas and LICA442: Major Research Project: Film Dissertation.
I am currently co-supervising the following PhD projects:
- Areej Alghamdi, Saudi Women's Incorporeal Heritage, practice-based
- Ian Hunt, Cinema and memory, practice-based
- Tom Carter, Trancultural screenwriting, practice-based
- Kingsley Akam, Women filmmakers in Nollywood Cinema
- Raha Athari, Alienated Memories: Reconstructing the Self in Autobiographical Writings of Diasporic Iranian Women
- Zoe Crombie, A Transnational Study of Studio Ghibli's Adaptations of European Texts
- Fraser Cornall, 'Fusing the new waves: The Lonely Woman', practice-based
Research Overview
My research interests include gender and representation in film both on and off screen, film adaptation, transnational cinemas with a focus on Iran and other Middle Eastern cinemas, and film industries and practices in general.
PhD Supervision Interests
I am happy to discuss PhD proposals on any aspect of transnational cinemas and Middle Eastern Cinemas as well as gender and representation in film and TV. I am also interested to receive creative and practice based PhD proposals intersecting practice with any of the above topics. At the moment I am not accepting applications for new PhD students.
In This Moment (2023)
01/12/2022 → 10/02/2024
Other
Art Beats Festival
01/11/2022 → 30/09/2024
Other
The Great Story (Cali, Colombia)
01/11/2022 → 21/09/2023
Research
Kidnap
08/09/2022 → 06/05/2023
Other
Slots
01/08/2020 → 30/04/2021
Other
Placemaking with Young Adults Festival of Futures | Satellite Event
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Melodrama as counter cinema: the case of three film by three Iranian Female directors
Invited talk
Screening + Q&A with Carol Morley
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Film Forum
Invited talk
Lancaster District Insights Hub
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
AI Futures
Symposium
Art Beats Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
The Bay Film Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert
Guest of Honour: Rakhshan Banietemad - A Conversation about her Work
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
FREE Film Screening
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Public film discussion at the Dukes cinema
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
FREE Workshops
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Public film discussion at the Dukes cinema
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Public film discussion at the Dukes cinema
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Hull Independent Cinema: Vampire Double Bill + Panel Discussion
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Challenges and Opportunities of Showcasing Middle Eastern Content in the UK
Other
Post-Millennial MENAWA
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Book Talk: Refocus: The Films of Rakhshan Banietemad
Invited talk
In Conversation with Rakhshan Banietemad
Invited talk
Rakhshan Banietemad’s Social Realism: A Close Look at Her Documentary Films
Invited talk
Live Q&A on the film "BORN IN EVIN" at Screening Rights Film Festival
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Director Masterclass: Mehrdad Oskouei in conversation with Maryam Ghorbankarimi
Invited talk
Thirteenth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Exile: the films of Moshen Makhmalbaf
Invited talk
The Cinema of Jafar Panahi
Invited talk
The Art of Social Realism in Rakhshan Banietemad’s Films
Invited talk
In a New Light: Transnational Cinema: The Palestinian Case followed by screening of Wajib (Annemarie Jacir, 2017)
Invited talk
Transnational Screens: new directions, new collaborations
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Film and Talk: Wajib (Annemarie Jacir, 2017)
Invited talk
BAFTSS 7th Annual conference 2019
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
In A New Light: Women Directors in Iranian Cinema followed by screening of Nahid
Invited talk
Twelfth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
International Symposium on Gender, Media and the Middle East
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
One Thousand and One Nights: Comparative Perspectives on Adaptation and Appropriation
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Culture and Cultural Production in Iran: Past and Present
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Semifinalist: Stockholm City Film Festivals
Prize (including medals and awards)
Finalist: 7th Art Independent International Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Quarantine Short: Accord Cine Fest
Prize (including medals and awards)
Honor Award: Indie Movies Spark Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Comedy: Artisan International Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Covid Film: Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Short Film: 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Best Drama: Golden Harvest Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Nominee: Niagara Falls International Short Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Nominee: The Continental Film Festival - Munich
Prize (including medals and awards)
Honorable Mention: Dubai Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Honorable Mention: London International Monthly Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: New York Neorealism Film Awards
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: kalakari film fest
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: GlobeScreen Shorts Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: Mexico Film Festival Awards
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: International Road Movie Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)
Official Selection: 4theatre
Prize (including medals and awards)
- Centre for War and Diplomacy
- Cultures