Tara Aghdashloo

Film and television

Aghdashloo's first narrative short The Ride ^[8] premiered at Cinequest Film Festival in California^[9] and was funded by BFI Network, Canada Council of the Arts, and Toronto Arts Council. The short film Bridge, commissioned by the BBC, was based on a spoken-word poem by Gemma Barnett and premiered at Norwich Film Festival.^[10] Her third narrative short, Empty Your Pockets, is her first Persian language film.^[11]

Tara's journalism and documentaries have appeared on Channel 4 News,^[12][13] and BBC World.^[14][15] She was a founding co-host and producer on the first Persian-speaking all-female talk show, Samte No.^[16]

Writing

Her poetry has appeared in English^[17] and Persian^[18] magazines, and her poetry collection, This is Not a Pomegranate, was published by Shahrvand Publications in 2011.^[19]

Curation

She co-directed and curated The Invisible Line (TIL) Gallery in East London for two years.^[20] In 2017 she curated a retrospective of Portuguese artist Cristina Rodrigues in Castelo Branco Museum.^[21] She frequently reviews art by Iranian and Middle Eastern artists.^[22]