Parisa Ghasemi

Biography

Parisa Ghasemi is an Iranian-Austrian filmmaker, curator, and queer-feminist activist. Her cinematic work addresses identity, generational conflict, migration, and queer desire with a personal and politically conscious perspective. She is the co-founder of the Linz International Short Film Festival & Closefilm Verein, and Film Talent Academy. She is a board member of KUPF – the Cultural Platform of Upper Austria and one of the Presidents of dieRegisseur*innen Austria, the association representing women directors in Austria. Parisa holds a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Film from the University of Arts in Tehran and a Master’s in Time-Based Media from the University of Arts Linz. Austria.