Maryam Ebrahimi (born May 28, 1976) is a Swedish Iranian journalist, documentary filmmaker, producer and director.
Biography
Ebrahimi was born in
Tehran, Iran
Tehran (; , ''Tehrân'') is the capital and largest city of Iran. It is the capital of Tehran province, and the administrative center for Tehran County and its Central District (Tehran County), Central District. With a population of around 9. ...
on May 28, 1976. She is a journalist and TV producer based in Sweden. She has made several reports around the world, especially in Middle East. Maryam is well known for her documentaries broadcast on international TV channels.
Her documentary ''
No Burqas Behind Bars'' shot in
Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. It is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran borde ...
won an international
Emmy Award
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in 2014. In 2018 she received the gold prize during the
Festival International de Programmes Audiovisuels
The International Festival of Audiovisual Programmes or International Documentary Festival – FIPADOC ( (FIPA)), founded in 1987 by Michel Mitrani (1930-1996), was first held in Cannes in October 1987., In 2019, the FIPA became FIPADOC,,, an int ...
in
Biarritz
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for her documentary ''Stronger than a Bullet''.
Filmography
Stronger than a Bullet(2017)
Prison Sisters(2016)
The Death Row(2013)
*
No Burqas Behind Bars (2012)
(2011)
References
External links
Nimafilm Productions Official Website*
Iranian journalists
Swedish journalists
Swedish documentary filmmakers
Iranian documentary filmmakers
1958 births
Living people
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