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Sreemoyee Singh (1989 – present)

Sreemoyee Singh
(1989 – present)

Sreemoyee Singh
All film stills of Sreemoyee Singh's 'And, Towards Happy Alleys' @Happy Alley Films

After completing her Masters degree in Film Studies from Kolkata’s Jadavpur University, Sreemoyee went on to pursue a PhD on “The Exiled Filmmaker in Post Revolution Iranian Cinema”. Her bond with Iran resulted in the making of the critically acclaimed feature length documentary, And, Towards Happy Alleys (Be Kucheye Khoshbakht). Sreemoyee holds the record of being the first director of non-Iranian origin who has shot a documentary in Iran after having learnt Persian. The world premiere of her documentary was held at the Berlinale International Film Festival (Panorama) in 2023. It was officially selected to more than 20 prestigious festivals ...

Deep Focus

    • And, Towards Happy Alleys (Be Kucheye Khoshbakht)
    Inspired by Iranian cinema and the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad, the director journeys to Tehran from Kolkata to witness how resistance becomes ...

Filmography
    • And, Towards Happy Alleys (Be Kucheye Khoshbakht) (2023)
Awards
    • Her debut documentary received the Best Film award in the international competition at Buenos Aires International Film Festival for Independent Cinema (Argentina) in April 2023. 
Did You Know?

Besides being a love letter to Iranian cinema and an account of the resilience of the women and men of Iran against daily censorship, the film has an interesting and intimate segment on rhinoplasty and how Persians like their noses to be perfect when nothing else is.