Independent filmmaker Zara Zandieh lives in Berlin. She studied camera at filmArche Berlin and is currently working on her graduation film. She also works as a filmmaker and cinematographer and offers workshops. Her work under-construction (2012), was created in the project EIne Einstellung zur Arbeit (A take on work) by Antje Ehmann and Harun Farocki and has been shown at exhibitions in different countries. Most recently it was shown in the last exhibition of the series at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in February 2015. Other films such as Fragments of Ava (2012) and Such a strange time it is, my dear… (2007) have been screened at various film festivals around the world. Running through her films is a poetic simple narrative that invites viewers to take unfamiliar perspectives. Zandieh was involved in the organization and artistic programming of the 2008 SECOND TAKE – Gender and Society in Cinema film festival in Kabul. She completed her MA in Gender, Ethnic Studies and Sexualities at the University of East London in 2006.