Maryam Palizban () is an Iranian

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and stage

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. She graduated in

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and

theatre studies Theatre studies (sometimes referred to as theatrology or dramatics) is the study of theatrical performance in relation to its literary, physical, psychological, sociological, and historical contexts. It is an interdisciplinary field which also enco ...

Tehran University The University of Tehran (UT) or Tehran University (, ) is a public collegiate university in Iran, and the oldest and most prominent Iranian university located in Tehran. Based on its historical, socio-cultural, and political pedigree, as well as ...

-Faculty of

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in 2004 and got her

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degree at the

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in 2014. She has been a research fellow on Performing martyrdom in ta'ziya as Shi'a Theatre-Ritual: "Martyrs on the Stage" within the project "Figurations of the Martyr in Near Eastern and European Literature” from 2012 to 2014 at the Center for literary and cultural research

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( ZfL). Her KHK (Käte Hamburger Kollegs) project is entitled "The Theatrical Space of Beliefs, Transcendence and Immanence in Roman-Catholic and Shi'a-Islam: From Napoli to Rasht". She played a leading part in '' Deep Breath'', for which she was nominated as best actress by the Cinema Academy, 21st

Fajr International Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival (), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; ), has been held every February in Tehran since 1983. The festival is supervised by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. It takes place on the anni ...

. Other Iranian movies in which she appeared are ''

Fat Shaker Fat Shaker ( - Larzanandeye charbi) is an Iranian drama film written and directed by Mohammad Shirvani. It had its première at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, and also won the Tiger Award at the Rotterdam Film Festival International Film Fe ...

'' (2013) and ''

Lantouri ''Lantouri'' () is a 2016 Iranian drama film written, directed and produced by Reza Dormishian. It was shown in the Panorama section at the 66th Berlin International Film Festival and in the Discoveries section of the 32nd Warsaw Film Festiva ...

'' (2016).

Filmography

* '' Deep Breath'' (2003) * ''

'' (2013) * ''

'' (2016)

References

Sources

Degaran Website
* Palizban in Persian Wikipedia

External links

*
Maryam Plizban
in Soureh Cinema website - (Persian)
Maryam palizban Personal Weblog
- (Persian) 1981 births Living people People from Urmia Actresses from Tehran Actresses from Berlin Iranian women bloggers Iranian bloggers Iranian film actresses Iranian stage actresses 21st-century Iranian poets University of Tehran alumni 21st-century Iranian actresses Free University of Berlin alumni {{Iran-actor-stub

Filmography

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