Sara Rajaei

video, to draw, Language, Ghost word, social, to write, History, movie,Experimental, Documentary, Artistic research

My oeuvre consists mainly of short films and video installations that study the notion of time in all variations and subsets. My work discusses the passage of time concerning historical incidents, human tragedies, and catastrophes from the standpoint of the witnesses or victims, reflecting on their observations, recollections, and memories; questioning, doubting, and reconstructing the events. Their narratives are, therefore, tangible, untainted, and highly personal. Today more than ever, our perception and observation of the world depend on the short headlines that we absorb without enough attention or affection. Oral history, in this regard, becomes a significant source, presenting not only an actual incident but a story to which one can connect, a story often therapeutic, both for the teller and the listener.

The Headless Trees (in development) - Feature Film, Produced by near/by film, seriousFilm, Alambic Production & Ladybirds Films Supported by NL Filmfonds, Mondriaan Fund, DKC Rotterdam
City of Poets - 2024, Short Film, Produced by near/by film, Supported by NL Filmfonds, Mondriaan Fund, DKC Rotterdam, VevamFonds, Het Cultuurfonds/Tijlfonds,
yet another leap year - 2022, Single Channel Video Installation, Supported by CBK Rotterdam & Het Cultuurfonds/Tijlfonds
A Composition in Blue, Red & Other Colors (2017) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 15':30"
The Motel in the Well (2016) - Short Film, Made in Collaboration with Neva Lukic, Color, Sound, Duration 23'
1978 the 231st day (2012) - Single Channel Video Installation, Black & White, Sound, Duration 6':30"
A Leap Year That Started on a Friday (2010) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 6':30"
Shahrzad (2009) - Documentary, Color, Sound, Duration 25'
Charismatic Fates & Vanishing Dates (2006) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 3':20"
A Day Of Amnesia (2004) - Single Channel Video Installation, Color, Sound, Duration 5':40"

Poetry of People

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Location: World Museum Amsterdam

Poetry plays a major role in societies in West Asia and North Africa. Across social classes, national boundaries and languages, poems are known and recited by heart by millions of people. The new exhibition Poetry of the People highlights influential poems from these regions. The exhibition shows how poetry can influence people's lives both on an individual and collective level.

https://amsterdam.wereldmuseum.nl/en/whats-on/exhibitions/poetry-of-the-people

Winner of the Golden Calf for Best Short Documentary

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Location: 44th Nederlands Film Festival

Winner of Best Short Documentary Film

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Location: Sole Luna Doc Film Festival

Silver Lynx Award for Best Short Documentary Film

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Location: Fest-New Directors New Films Festival

Sara Rajaei/ Sidsel Christensen

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Location: Skapen Art

The International Fugas award

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Location: Documenta Madrid

Berlinale Short 2024

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Location: Berlinale

Whodunnit,

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Location: Het Archive

No.2, Fluxibell.Structurs

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Location: Fluxibell.Structurs

Off screen June

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Location: Worm

Now Festival

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IFFR, 2022

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Location: IFFR

Name Takes Podcast

Location: Kunstinstituut Melly

Vrijplaats, 2020-21

Location: FilmForward

Art stations of the cross, 2020

Location: de Grote of Lebuinuskerk

Some Bodies; Narratives around the body, 2019-20

Location: ICC

Going back to Forget, 2017-18

Location: Tent

To the sea, a lake or another river, 2017

Location: Pogon Gallery

From an Unknown Destination to the Rest of the World, 2017

Location: HULU

In the gaze of Panoptes, 2016

Location: Stiftelsen 3,14

-(IN)Constancy Of Space, struggle for identity, 2016

Location: Arti et Amicitiae

Circulating AIR, 2016

Location: Stiftelsen 3,14

Saudade Noumenon, 2016

Location: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

(IN)Constancy Of Space, 2014

Location: The Ring Gallery/HDLU

Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, 2003-04

Prix de Rome 2009

Location: De Appel Arts Centre

IFFR, 2018

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