Email: azamh2@illinois.edu
Research Interests
- Media Studies
- Critical Studies
- Social Sciences
- Documentary Studies
- Visual Studies
- Visual Arts
- Gender studies
- Digital Humanities
Azam is a multidisciplinary film and theatre artist with an MA in Cinema from the University of Tehran and an MFA in Film and Media Arts from Temple University. With over eight years of focused experience in filmmaking, she brings a rich background in both artistic practice and academic research. Her work spans narrative film, media art installations, and experimental documentary forms.
Azam鈥檚 interdisciplinary work bridges the arts and humanities, particularly in Digital Humanities, Visual Arts, Mixed Media, Documentary Studies and Critical Visual and Media Studies. She is interested in media art installations and essays that explore emerging documentary forms and narrative expression. She has also contributed to the organization of international festivals, including the Fadjr International Film and Theatre Festival, the Tampere Film Festival, and the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival.
Recent Publications/Presentations
Book
- Hasanpour, A. (2018). 鈥淪tructure, Time and Narrative.鈥� Institute of Culture, Art and Communication Publications, Tehran, Iran.
Articles
- Hasanpour, A. (2017). 鈥淔rom Shahrzad the Storyteller to Shahrzad the Playwright: One Thousand and One Nights, according to Reza Kamal Shahrzard.鈥� Conference on 170 Years of Reading One Thousand and One Nights, attended by Professor Ulrich Marzolf. Tehran, Iran. I.S.B.N.: 978-600-222-371-5.
- Mahmoodi Bakhtiari, B., Aliari, F., Hasanpour, A. (2016). 鈥淩epresentation of Kurds in Iranian Feature Films: A Cultural Semiotic Study.鈥� Cultural Heritage and Tourism Research Center, No. 3, pp. 151-176. I.S.B.N.: 2538-1709.
- Alasti, A., Hasanpour, A., Mahmoodi Bakhtiari, B. (2015). 鈥淢ultiplicity of Points of View in Terrence Malick鈥檚 Trilogy.鈥� AVANCA/CINEMA (International Cinema Conference), Avanca, Portugal. I.S.B.N.: 978-989-96858-6-4.
- Hasanpour, A., Mahmoodi Bakhtiari, B. (2015). 鈥淭he Reflection of Languages and Cultures of the Iranian People in Iranian Feature Films.鈥� University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
Conferences
- Hasanpour, A., Goshtasb, A., Mahmoodi Bakhtiari, B. (2019). 鈥淔eminine Private Shows of the Qajar Era: A Feminist Approach.鈥� 6th International Conference of Modern Approaches in Humanities, Paris, France.
- Hasanpour, A., Mahmoodi Bakhtiari, B. (2017). 鈥淭he Reflection of Languages and Cultures of the Iranian People in TV Series: A Cultural Semiotic Study.鈥� International Conference on Language and Media (IRIB), Tehran, Iran.
- Hasanpour, A. (2016). 鈥淪hift of Point of View in the Cinematic Narrations of One Thousand and One Nights.鈥� International Conference on Literature and Cinema, University of Tehran and National School of Cinema, Tehran, Iran.
- Hasanpour, A. (2016). 鈥淔rom Shahrzad the Storyteller to Shahrzad the Playwright: One Thousand and One Nights, according to Reza Kamal Shahrzard.鈥� Conference on 170 Years of Reading One Thousand and One Nights, attended by Professor Ulrich Marzolf, Tehran, Iran.
Courses Taught
- MAS 100: Intro to Popular TV & Movies
Awards and Honors
- Motion Picture Association Scholarship Award, Temple Film and Media Arts Departmental Award, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (2024).
- Philadelphia Student Media maker Grant, Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. $2000, (2024).
- Full Fellowship in Film and Media Production program (MFA), Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. (2022 -2025).
- Winner of the special award for Participation in 鈥淓xchange Program, ONE (WO) MAN, ONE CAMERA, ONE SOUND at the National Film School of Denmark and International Media Support (IMS), Copenhagen, Denmark. (2016).
- Winner of the special jury award for 鈥淭hirst鈥�, 5th Iran International Green Film Festival and 9th Green Me Global Festival for Sustainability, Tehran, Tehran, Iran. (2016).
- Official selection for 鈥淏aran鈥� in the Arabian Nights Film Festival: The Cinematheque of Copenhagen and Danish film institute, Copenhagen, Denmark. (2016).