ABOUT THE WRITER/DIRECTOR: MARZIYEH MESHKINI
Marziyeh Meshkini, wife of renowned Iranian film-maker Mohsen Makhmalbaf, was born in Tehran in 1969. She studied film-making at Makhmalbaf Film House and worked as assistant director on Samira Makhmalbaf's 'The Apple', 'Blackboards', 'At Five in the Afternoon' and '11.09.01 September 11', and on Mohsen Makhmalbaf’s 'The Door' and 'The Silence'.
Her directorial debut, 'The Day I Became a Woman', was made in Iran in 2000 and screened in Critics’ Week at the Venice Film Festival. The film has been awarded 13 prizes at international festivals worldwide, including Toronto, Chicago, Pusan, Thessaloniki, Nantes, and Nouveau Cinema (Belgium).
STRAY DOGS is Marziyeh Meshkini’s second feature. |
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