Conference
March 30-April 1
153 and 160 Campbell Hall, University of Virginia

March 30
2-5pm: Women in Iranian Cinema
Moderator: Kirsten Nakjavani Bookbinder
Speakers: Kaveh Safa, Abbas Milani, Erik Nakjavani, Shahla Haeri

March 31
10am-12:30pm: Crossing Artistic Borders: Film, Architecture and Poetry
Moderator: Jahan Ramazani
Speakers: Mina Marefat, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Farnaz Milani
Screening: The House is Black (Forugh Farrokhzad, 1962)

2-5pm: Iranian Women Directors
Moderator: Deborah McDowell
Speakers: Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa, Nasrin Rahimieh, Zjaleh Hajibashi, Hamid Naficy

April 1
10am-12pm: Shirin Neshat and Expanded Media
Moderator: Richard Herskowitz
Speakers: Shirin Neshat, Shahran Karimi, Shoja Nazari

Screening Series
March 30-April 5
Vinegar Hill Theatre
Admission: $7.00

The Day I Became a Woman (Marzieh Meshkini, 2000)
Friday, March 30 at 9:15pm
Sunday, April 1 and Monday, April 2 at 7pm
Based on a screenplay by the filmmaker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, this film examines the intricate lives of women in Iranian society. A selection of the 2001 New Directors/New Films and 2000 Cannes Film Festival.

Shirin Neshat’s Trilogy and New Work
Saturday, March 31 at 7pm with Shirin Neshat
Winner of the Golden Lion at the 1999 Venice Biennale and one of the most exciting artists active today, Shirin Neshat will present her trilogy of dual-screen videos on male-female relationships in Iran: Turbulent (1999), Fervor (2000), and Rapture (2000). She will also premiere new works, including a piece commissioned and scored by Philip Glass.

The Circle (Jafar Panahi, 2000)
Sunday, April 1 at 2pm
Tuesday, April 3 – Thursday, April 5 at 7pm
The latest film by filmmaker Jafar Panahi (director of The White Balloon and The Mirror) follows three women released from prison, whose need for shelter and money leads them to take desperate measures. Winner, Golden Lion, 2000 Venice International Film Festival.

Cosponsors: Middle Eastern Studies Program, Bayly Art Museum, Persian Cultural Society, South Asia Center, The Special Lectures Committee, The Program for the Humanities and Medicine, Asian and Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures.