Samira Eskandarfar
I am here, 2012, 5’47’’
« It’s like taking bandage from a wound. It hurts to be yourself of your true self. Every so often. I am strong. I am not strong. I am strong. I am not strong. I want to be strong. I am afraid. I pretend. I preserve myself. Every so often. My skin is delicate. My skin is hard. So delicate that with the slightest scratch muscles and veins and blood pour out. As delicate as a balloon that is blown up. I pretend that I can take care of myself. Every so often… I am what I am. I choose. I decide. I choose my own masks. Although it might not appear so. But in a shameful way I am free. I am free. Even if I am not free I am my own prisoner. Prisoner of my own fears. Every so often. I fight with myself. I loathe myself. I run from myself. I teach myself. I run from me. I return to me. I release myself. Even if I am not Me. Every So often. »
Born in 1980 in Tehran, lives in Tehran
Film-making Degree, Iranian Youth Cinema Society, 2003
Master of Art, university of Tehran, 2006
Eskandarfar’s work over the years has been more focused on human relations and humans inner worlds. She is interested in creating portraits through her paintings, collages, videos and other mediums she uses. She participated in Abbas Kiarostami's film-making workshops in 2005. Her first feature film "Root Canal" was completed in 2013.