Sara Rajaei

video , tekenen , Taal , Spoken word , sociaal-maatschappelijk , schrijven , Geschiedenis , film , Experimenteel , Documentair , Artistiek onderzoek

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.

Pain Machine
Pain Machine (work in progress) - Short Animated Fiction Film- In collaboration with Neva Lukic
The Body Atlas
The Body Atlas - Drawing Series- Ongoing
The Headless Trees (in development) - Feature Film, Produced by near/by film, seriousFilm, Alambic Production Supported by New Dawn, NL Filmfonds, Mondriaan Fund, DKC Rotterdam
City of Poets - 2024, Short Film, Produced by near/by film, Supported by NL Filmfonds, Mondriaan Fonds, 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"

Winner of the European Short Film- Prix Vimeo 2026

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Home interrupetd

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Locatie: Pakhuis de zwijzer

Winner of the European Short Film- Prix Vimeo 2026

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Locatie: European Film Award 2026

Mapping a Shift, Shifting a Map

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Locatie: Monnaie de Paris
In samenwerking met: a project curated by Zohreh Deldadeh, Asia Now

Poetry of People

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Locatie: Wereld Museum Rotterdam

Jury Member of International Competition - Sole Luna Doc Film Festival

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Locatie: Sole Luna Doc Film Festival

Do You Remember The Scent of Spring

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Locatie: Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat

Jury Member of National Competition, Dokufest

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Locatie: Dokufest

Best Iranian short films of the year 2024

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Locatie: Iran
In samenwerking met: Fidan Mag

In the Sense of Scenery

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Locatie: Concordia Art Space

Poetry of People

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Locatie: 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

Jury Member of Big Screen Award, International Film Festival Rotterdam

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Locatie: International Film Festival Rotterdam

Gouden Calf for best short documentary

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Locatie: Nederlands Film Festival

Winner of the Golden Calf for Best Short Documentary

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Locatie: 44th Nederlands Film Festival

Winner of Best Short Documentary Film

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Locatie: Sole Luna Doc Film Festival

Silver Lynx Award for Best Short Documentary Film

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Locatie: Fest-New Directors New Films Festival

Sara Rajaei/ Sidsel Christensen

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Locatie: Skapen Art

The International Fugas award

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Locatie: Documenta Madrid

Berlinale Short 2024

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Locatie: Berlinale

Whodunnit,

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Locatie: Het Archive

No.2, Fluxibell.Structurs

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Locatie: Fluxibell.Structurs

Off screen June

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Locatie: Worm

Now Festival

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IFFR, 2022

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Locatie: IFFR

Name Takes Podcast

Locatie: Kunstinstituut Melly

Vrijplaats, 2020-21

Locatie: FilmForward

Art stations of the cross, 2020

Locatie: de Grote of Lebuinuskerk

Some Bodies; Narratives around the body, 2019-20

Locatie: ICC

Going back to Forget, 2017-18

Locatie: Tent

To the sea, a lake or another river, 2017

Locatie: Pogon Gallery

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

Locatie: HULU

In the gaze of Panoptes, 2016

Locatie: Stiftelsen 3,14

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

Locatie: Arti et Amicitiae

Circulating AIR, 2016

Locatie: Stiftelsen 3,14

Saudade Noumenon, 2016

Locatie: Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art

(IN)Constancy Of Space, 2014

Locatie: The Ring Gallery/HDLU

Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten, 2003-04

Prix de Rome 2009

Locatie: De Appel Arts Centre

IFFR, 2018

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