Shahab Mihandoust
Shahab Mihandoust is a documentary filmmaker based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. His work is inspired by ethnographic approaches in cinema with interest in everyday life practices as they shape the relationship between people and places. Shahab has a BFA in film production from Concordia University, and his first feature length documentary, Meezan, premiered at RIDM in 2023.
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Misleading Innocence (Tracing What a Bridge Can Do)
Misleading Innocence (Tracing What a Bridge Can Do)
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This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent the passage of buses, the...
Meezan
Set in south-western Iran, in the province of Khuzestan and bordering with Iraq, _Meezan_ (scale) is an observational and immersive experience, a journey from the sea to the land, about labor at the margins of petro-capitalism in three chapters. Despite the massive industrialization of the region, waterways of Khuzestan remain a significant source of income for the native communities who are mo...
Misleading Innocence (Tracing What a Bridge Can Do)
Misleading Innocence (Tracing What a Bridge Can Do)
Duration: 1h40Subscription access
This film, conceived by Francesco Garutti and directed by Shahab Mihandoust, explores the controversial story of the planning and politics of a series of overpasses that span the parkways of Long Island, New York. These bridges were commissioned in the 1920s and 1930s by the public administrator Robert Moses. The story suggests that the bridges were designed to prevent the passage of buses, the...
Meezan
Set in south-western Iran, in the province of Khuzestan and bordering with Iraq, _Meezan_ (scale) is an observational and immersive experience, a journey from the sea to the land, about labor at the margins of petro-capitalism in three chapters. Despite the massive industrialization of the region, waterways of Khuzestan remain a significant source of income for the native communities who are mo...
