Rojin Shafiei

is an Iranian interdisciplinary artist-filmmaker living and working between Toronto, Montreal, and Paris. In her works, art is a vehicle for the translation of cultural messages, both through a literal documentary style and as symbols. She has screened her work internationally in various festivals such as les Rendez-Vous du Cinéma Québécois (Canada), Festival International de Vidéo de Casablanca (Morocco), Limited Access Video Festival (Iran) and Instant Vidéo Numériques et Poétiques (France). In 2019 she was the Venice Lands Art Prize candidate in Treviso, Italy and she won the grand prize of Startupfest/Artupfest section in July 2018 for her piece I wait for the time.