Person

Hoda Taheri

Directing · Born 1992-01-01 · Tehran, Iran

Hoda Taheri (born 1992), is an Iranian artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. In 2016, she received her bachelor's degree in visual communication and professional Design from Limkokwing University in Malaysia. Due to acting, and participating in controversial film projects, she fled to Germany in 2018. After moving to Berlin in 2019, she started studying as a Film Director at DFFB (Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin). Her first short film Mother Prays All Day Long (2022) was awarded a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival and was nominated for the German Short Film Award. Her second short film, As If Mother Cried That Night (2023), premiered in Locarno. Her debut feature film, I'll Plant My Hands in the Garden, is currently in the development stage. It is a co-direction project with Boris Hadžija and was selected by Locarno Residency in 2023.

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  Mother Prays All Day Long

  Hoda

• I Plant My Hand in the Garden

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  As if Mother Cried That Night

  Director

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  Out of Frame

  2022

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  Mother Is a Natural Sinner

  2024

• 2024Mother Is a Natural Sinner
• 2023As if Mother Cried That NightDirector
• 2022Out of Frame
• 2022Mother Prays All Day LongHoda
• —I Plant My Hand in the Garden