Mahboubeh Honarian

Mahboubeh Honarian
Mahboubeh Honarian
Born	March 22, 1962 (1962-03-22) (age 49) Isfahan, Iran
Nationality	Persian
Occupation	Documentary Film Producer and Director
Years active	1993–present
Website
www.veramediapro.com

Mahboubeh Honarian (Persian: محبوبه هنریان) (born 1962) is an Iranian documentary filmmaker , director and producer. She studied her BA in Media and Cultural studies and in the year 1999, completed her MSc in Engineering Multimedia in the United Kingdom.

Mahboubeh has been working as Producer and Director, on different documentaries related to social issues such as Homelessness, Drugs, abuse, etc. The main concerns of her films are emphasized on women and children. She has produced and directed a broad range of documentary films and different series of TV programmes on different subjects of Social/Cultural issues in Iran.

Mahboubeh has been a jury member of different Film festivals. In 2010, she was one of the jurors of The "38th International Emmy Awards" in New York. She has been a Guest Filmmaker at the World Congress of Science & Factual Producers (WCSFP), Germany, in 2010. A Guest filmmaker at the Hot Docs Film Festival, Discussion Panel ‘Spotlight on Iran’, Canada, 2008 and at the GZ DOC Film Festival on International Producer’s Day, China, 2008.

She has been a member of Program Supervisory Board for the Conference of Visual Representations of Iran, University of St-Andrews, Scotland in 2008 and a member of Scientific Board for the First Symposium on Visual Anthropology of Iran, Anthropology Society of Iran, Tehran University in 2007.

Mahboubeh has been the President of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association for 4 years (2004–08) and as an Information/Documentation Officer for the United Nations Development Programme after the Disastrous Earthquake in Bam, UNDP Iran (2004).

TV Producer/Director

• Hidden In Fog, (People and life in London), (5 parts), UK. 2007
• Physics In Iran, Channel 4, (13 parts), Iran, 2006
• Our Tomorrow’s Hopes, (Teenagers) , Channel 1, (72 Parts), Iran, 2004
• The Anxious Eyes,(Children Of Addiction), Channel 5, (13 parts), Iran, 2003
• Successful Women, Jam-e Jam Channel, (10 parts), Iran, 2002
• Street Children, Channel 4, (13 parts), Iran, 2001
• Children’s Rights, Channel 4, (3 parts), Iran, 2000
• Photokina 2000, (5 parts), Germany, 2000
• Children, Film, Violence, Channel 4, (7 parts), Iran, 2000

Freelance Documentary Filmmaker

• Hidden In Dust (Drug Addicted People), 45m., 2007

- Screened and presented at the “Bangkok Harm Reduction” Film Festival, Thailand, 2009

- Screened and presented at the 4th annual “In the Mind’s Eye” Film Festival, Canada, 2008

- Screened and presented at the “Documentary Voices, Pulling Focus” Film Festival, Dubai, 2008

• The Bam That We All Want, (UNDP activities in Bam, Iran, after the Earthquake), 60m., 2005
• This is not a Game (3 Primary School girls researching on addiction of young people) 30m., 2003
• The Bitter Awakening (Homeless People), 30m., 2002
• Playing With Life (Runaway Girls), 20m., 2000

- Screened and presented at the 'Dortmund/Cologne International Women's' Film Festival, Germany, 2006

- Selected and nominated as one of the best films in the 'Iranian Cinema' Film Festival, Iran, 2000

- Nominated and Screened at the 'Kish Documentary' Film Festival, Iran, 2000

Executive Occupations

• President of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association IRDFA 2002-2003, 2005–2008
• A member of the Project “Women as Peacemakers through Religion”, A Joint Workshop of ‘Muslim and Christian Women’ by Geneva’s World Council of Churches GWCC and Tehran's Institute for Interreligious Dialogue IID, 2007–2009
• The Director of International Relations for the Iranian Alliance of Motion Picture Guilds House of Cinema at Cannes Film Festival, 2009

• Ambassador of the European Documentary Network in Iran EDN, 2008–Present
• Information/Documentation Officer for the United Nations Development Programme UNDP, Iran, 2004

Juror

• The "38th International Emmy Awards" for the 'Documentary' Category, International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences New York, 2010.
• Documentary Voices Festival, Pulling Focus”, bringing together documentary filmmakers from three different cultures of Arab, American and Iranian, all working together to make a difference. Documentary Voices, Dubai, UAE. 2008
• Avini Film Festival, Iran, 2009
• Jam Film Festival, Iran, 2008
• The Great 11th Festival of Iranian Cinema, Iran, 2007
• Varesh Film Festival, Iran, 2003

Membership

• A member of the World Congress of Science and Factual Producers WCSFP, Germany, 2010
• A member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association IRDFA Iran, 2000–Present
• A member of the European Documentary Network, EDN, Denmark, 2008–Present
• A member of the Documentary Organization of Canada, DOC Canada, 2008–Present
• A member of the Women in Film and Television – Toronto, WIFT, Canada, 2007

Sources

• World Congress of Science and Factual Producers WCSFP
• HotDocs Film Festival, Canada: HotDocs
• European Documentary Network: EDN
• Documentary Voices Film Festival, Dubai: Documentary Voices
• University of St Andrews, Scotland: St Andrews

External links

• GuangZhou International Documentary Film Festival, China, GuangZhou

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Name	Honarian, Mahboubeh
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Date of birth	1962
Place of birth	Isfahan, Iran
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