Director

Hoda Taheri

January 1, 1992 · Tehran, Iran

Hoda Taheri (born 1992), is an Iranian artist and filmmaker based in Berlin. In 2016, she received her bachelor's degree in visual communication and professional Design from Limkokwing University in Malaysia. Due to acting, and participating in controversial film projects, she fled to Germany in 2018. After moving to Berlin in 2019, she started studying as a Film Director at DFFB (Deutsche Film und Fernsehakademie Berlin). Her first short film Mother Prays All Day Long (2022) was awarded a Special Mention at the Locarno Film Festival and was nominated for the German Short Film Award. Her second short film, As If Mother Cried That Night (2023), premiered in Locarno. Her debut feature film, I'll Plant My Hands in the Garden, is currently in the development stage. It is a co-direction project with Boris Hadžija and was selected by Locarno Residency in 2023.

Often works with

Hadi Khanjanpour
2 titles together
I Plant My Hand in the Garden, Mother Is a Natural Sinner
J
Jahandokht Safarian
2 titles together
Mother Prays All Day Long, Mother Is a Natural Sinner

Full filmography · 5

I Plant My Hand in the Garden
cast and Director
2026
Mother Is a Natural Sinner
cast and Director and Writer
2024
As if Mother Cried That Night
Director
2023
Out of Frame
cast
2022
Mother Prays All Day Long
as Hoda and Director and Writer
2022