Hanieh Yekta

Hanieh Yekta

24 (2000-12-24)
Teheran, Iran

Hanieh Yekta, born in 2000 in Tehran, Iran, is an artist currently residing and studying in Paris. She studied cinema at the Soore High School of Arts in Tehran, Iran, and then continued her studies in cinema and audiovisual arts at the Soore University of Arts in Iran. She is currently in her third year of a Bachelor's degree at the École Nationale Supérieure d'Art de Paris-Cergy.

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Hidden 2019

"Can one describe a landscape well if one does not travel it from top to bottom, from the earth to the sky, and then from the sky to the earth," asks Jean-Luc Godard, sampled on "Being"? With a minimum of imagination, it evokes landscapes, this electronic crossover with slow tempos (the boy admits to finding it interesting to play with time). It also exudes a certain melancholy, never lacks groove, and even becomes sensual at times.
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Not here 2020

The body's survival mechanisms take over. One such response is tonic immobility, a state where voluntary movement is reduced or completely frozen. This involuntary reaction is often misinterpreted as passivity or compliance, reinforcing damaging narratives around consent and agency.
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Birds go to die in Peru 2024

First in “Film Letter” series, which explores unspoken emotions through a combination of archival visuals and personal letters that has been never sent.