Director: Mehrnoosh Fetrat

Biography: Mehrnoosh Fetrat is an Iranian filmmaker who's had a strong passion for literature and cinema since childhood. She received her MA in Cinema from the Tehran University of Art. She moved to the United States in 2017 after being awarded a University Fellowship--one of the most prestigious fellowships--in the MFA program in Film and Media Arts at Temple University in Philadelphia, where she is currently a student. She has written, produced and directed three short films War Game, America and Copsi which have been screened in many festivals and galleries such as BlackStar Film Festival, Tehran International Film Festival, Trenton Film Festival, Vox Populi Gallery, River Film Festival, Sundance Collab, London Iranian Film Festival, UFVA, and many others. America won Best Film and Best Editing at the Diamond Screen Film Festival. It was also nominated for Best Film at the Frames Film Festival, Directed by Women at the Turkey Film Festival and others. America is now available on Comcast's Streampix movie service. CFMDC--Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Center--is the distribution company for her films. Her recently finished film, War Game is now in the distribution process. Currently, she is working on the script of Bed Bug which will be her next project. She runs the Utopia Film Club at Temple University which provides a place for all cinephiles to watch and discuss Avant-garde and alternative cinema. Utopia Film Club has had screenings every month since 2017.