2017

Dissertation: “Figures of Conflict: Nationalist & Intercultural Media in Tajikistan, 1991-2017″

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Film and Media Arts, College of Fine Arts, University of Utah

Emelie Mahdavian is an Emmy, Peabody, and Sundance Award-winning filmmaker who was selected for DOCNYC’s 2020 “40 Under 40” list. Her nonfiction feature BITTERBRUSH screened at Telluride Film Festival, Doc Fortnight at the MoMA, and will be released theatrically by Magnolia Pictures in June 2022. She produced, wrote, and edited MIDNIGHT TRAVELER, which won numerous international prizes and was nominated for a Gotham Award for Best Documentary.