Dr Maryam Ghorbankarimi

Senior Lecturer in Film Practice

Profile

Maryam Ghorbankarimi is a filmmaker and film scholar. Her research focuses on the representation of women both in front of and behind the camera. Her first monograph, A Colourful Presence: The Evolution of Women’s Representation in Iranian Cinema (2015), was published in 2015. Her current research explores transnational cinemas and cultures, particularly the representation of gender and sexuality in Middle Eastern cinemas. Her second book, an edited volume on seminal Iranian female filmmaker Rakhshan Banietemad, ReFocus: The Works of Rakhshan Banietemad (2021), was published in spring 2021 by Edinburgh University Press. Most recently, she co-edited the I.B. Tauris Handbook of Iranian Cinema with Michelle Langford and Zahra Khosroshahi, which was published in October 2024.

Maryam is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. She has developed and led the MA in Film studies as well as a number of new practice based modules in film at Lancaster University.

UNDERGRADUATE

I am the current Director of Film Studies.

I convene and teach the second-year optional module: Short Film Production (LICA259), the third-year optional module: Experimental Cinema: Theory and Practice (LICA 359)

I also contribute lectures on the 1st-year Film Studies core module, Introduction to Film Studies (LICA150), on the 2nd-year core Film Studies module, Global Cinema (LICA251) and I supervise a number of undergraduate dissertations.

POSTGRADUATE

I am the course leader of MA in Film Studies.

I convene the core MA modules LICA441: Transnanational Cinemas and LICA442: Major Research Project: Film Dissertation.

I am currently co-supervising the following PhD projects:

  • Damla Champion, Queerness and Drag within within horror, science-fiction and fantasy texts  
  • Abdulrahman Alomar, Behind the Lens of Suspense: Crafting the Transcendental Thriller, practice-based
  • Bode Asiyanbi, Nigerian adaptation of Netflix’s Colombian telenovela Palpit, practice-based
  • Michaël Boucherie, Towards a new methodology of directing intimacy in film, practice-based
  • Areej Alghamdi, Saudi Women's Incorporeal Heritage, practice-based - Writing-up
  • Ian Hunt, Cinema and memory, practice-based - Writing-up
  • Raha Athhari, Alienated Memories: Reconstructing the Self in Autobiographical Writings of Diasporic Iranian Women - Writing-up
  • Fraser Cornall, 'Fusing the new waves: The Lonely Woman', practice-based - Writing-up

previous PhD students:

  • Zoe Crombie, A Transnational Study of Studio Ghibli's Adaptations of European Texts - Submitted.
  • Kingsley Akam, Women filmmakers in Nollywood Cinema - Submitted.
  • Tom Carter, Trancultural screenwriting, practice-based - PhD Awarded in 2024

In This Moment (2023)
01/12/2022 → 10/02/2024
Other

Art Beats Festival
01/11/2022 → 30/09/2024
Other

The Great Story (Cali, Colombia)
01/11/2022 → 21/09/2023
Research

Kidnap
08/09/2022 → 06/05/2023
Other

Slots
01/08/2020 → 30/04/2021
Other

Post Screening Discussion - Wedding in Galilee
Invited talk

Art Beats Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

FREE workshops 2
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Placemaking with Young Adults Festival of Futures | Satellite Event
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Melodrama as counter cinema: the case of three film by three Iranian Female directors
Invited talk

Screening + Q&A with Carol Morley
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Film Forum
Invited talk

Lancaster District Insights Hub
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

AI Futures
Symposium

Art Beats Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

The Bay International Film Festival
Festival/Exhibition/Concert

Guest of Honour: Rakhshan Banietemad - A Conversation about her Work
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

FREE Film Screening
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Public film discussion at the Dukes cinema
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

FREE Workshops
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Public film discussion at the Dukes cinema
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Public film discussion at the Dukes cinema
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Hull Independent Cinema: Vampire Double Bill + Panel Discussion
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Challenges and Opportunities of Showcasing Middle Eastern Content in the UK
Other

Post-Millennial MENAWA
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Book Talk: Refocus: The Films of Rakhshan Banietemad
Invited talk

In Conversation with Rakhshan Banietemad
Invited talk

Rakhshan Banietemad’s Social Realism: A Close Look at Her Documentary Films
Invited talk

Live Q&A on the film "BORN IN EVIN" at Screening Rights Film Festival
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Director Masterclass: Mehrdad Oskouei in conversation with Maryam Ghorbankarimi
Invited talk

Thirteenth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Exile: the films of Moshen Makhmalbaf
Invited talk

The Cinema of Jafar Panahi
Invited talk

The Art of Social Realism in Rakhshan Banietemad’s Films
Invited talk

In a New Light: Transnational Cinema: The Palestinian Case followed by screening of Wajib (Annemarie Jacir, 2017)
Invited talk

Transnational Screens: new directions, new collaborations
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

Film and Talk: Wajib (Annemarie Jacir, 2017)
Invited talk

BAFTSS 7th Annual conference 2019
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

In A New Light: Women Directors in Iranian Cinema followed by screening of Nahid
Invited talk

Twelfth Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

International Symposium on Gender, Media and the Middle East
Participation in workshop, seminar, course

One Thousand and One Nights: Comparative Perspectives on Adaptation and Appropriation
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Eleventh Biennial Iranian Studies Conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Culture and Cultural Production in Iran: Past and Present
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience

Semifinalist: Stockholm City Film Festivals
Prize (including medals and awards)

Finalist: 7th Art Independent International Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Quarantine Short: Accord Cine Fest
Prize (including medals and awards)

Honor Award: Indie Movies Spark Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Comedy: Artisan International Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Covid Film: Toronto Independent Film Festival of Cift
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Short Film: 4th Dimension Independent Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Best Drama: Golden Harvest Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Nominee: Niagara Falls International Short Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Nominee: The Continental Film Festival - Munich
Prize (including medals and awards)

Honorable Mention: Dubai Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Honorable Mention: London International Monthly Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: New York Neorealism Film Awards
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: kalakari film fest
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: GlobeScreen Shorts Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: Mexico Film Festival Awards
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: International Road Movie Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: Manchester Lift-Off Film Festival
Prize (including medals and awards)

Official Selection: 4theatre
Prize (including medals and awards)

Fraser Cornall

Fraser Cornall

PhD student

Cultures

Zoe Crombie

Zoe Crombie

PhD student, Research Commercialisation Assistant, Senior Teaching Associate in Film Studies, Associate Lecturer

Cultures

Ian Hunt

Ian Hunt

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

  • Centre for War and Diplomacy
  • Cultures
  • Transcultural Writing, Practice and Research Network