Chooka, film stills, 2018.
PRESS
- “Sur Chooka: Reconnaissance” by André Habib, on Hors Champs, Oct 2020: https://lalumierecollective.org/2020/parastoo-anoushahpour-faraz-anoushahpour-et-ryan-ferko/
- “Media City Film Festival 2018: Chooka, by Faraz & Parastoo Anoushahpour and Ryan Ferko” by Ivonne Sheen in Desist Film, Nov 13, 2018: http://desistfilm.com/media-city-film-festival-2018-chooka-by-faraz-parastoo-anoushahpour-and-ryan-ferko/
ADDITIONAL INFO
Commissioned by Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) as part of the Jacques Madvo Collection Project
EXHIBITION HISTORY
- Traces, Atlas Cinema Screening Series, curated by Harry Carlson, Atlast Cinema, London, UK, April 27, 2025
- ELSE Screening Series, Bangkok, Thailand, Mar 23, 2024
- Selected Works of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Visions, Montreal, Canada, Oct 5, 2023: https://visionsmtl.com/2023/parastoo-anoushahpour-faraz-anoushahpour-ryan-ferko-2/
- Selected Works of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, e-flux Screening Room, New York, USA, April 13, 2023: https://www.e-flux.com/events/529626/parastoo-anoushahpour-faraz-anoushahpour-and-ryan-ferko-selected-works/
- Rememberings, curated by Maryam Tafakory, London Short Film Festival, ICA, London, UK, Jan 28, 2023: https://www.ica.art/films/maryam-tafakory-iranian-short-films
- Films from Iran for Iran, online program by Another Screen, London, UK, Dec-Jan 2022: https://www.another-screen.com/films-from-iran-for-iran
- Films from Flaherty Seminar, Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, USA, Nov 2023
- Films from Flaherty Seminar, MoMA Sculpture Garden, NYC, USA, Aug 17, 2022: https://www.moma.org/calendar/events/8061
- Film works of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, EXIS, Seoul, South Korea, June 2022
- Continents of Drifting Clouds, 67th Flaherty Film Seminar, featured artists, curated by Almudena Escobar López and Sky Hopinka, June 25-July 1, 2022: https://theflaherty.org/2022-seminar-online
- Film works of Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, Canada, June 2022
- ONLINE, Visions Microcinema and Hors Champ, Montreal, Canada, Oct 28 - Dec 31, 2020 (extended and ongoing): https://lalumierecollective.org/2020/parastoo-anoushahpour-faraz-anoushahpour-et-ryan-ferko//
- Thousandsuns Cinema, presented by Media City Film Festival (Online), Windsor, Canada, Dec 2 - 23, 2020: https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/thousandsuns-cinema/
- Films by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, & Ryan Ferko, Chrysalis Showcase, Media City Film Festival, Windsor, Canada, Feb 15, 2020: https://mediacityfilmfestival.com/chrysalis-fellowship/
- What the Complete Image Could Be: Works by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Microlights, Milwaukee, USA, Sept 29, 2019, info: http://microlightscinema.com/
- Eureka University Film Festival, Bogota, Columbia, Sept 15 & Sept 17, 2019, info: https://www.eurekacine.com/home
- Festival of Fringe Film, special program curated by Christina Battle,Durham, Canada, July 20, 2019, info: http://www.fabfilmfest.ca/schedule.htm
- European Media Arts Festival (EMAF), Osnabrück, Germany, Apr 25, 2019, info: https://www.emaf.de/en/Register.html#artist-397-work-588
- Punto de Vista International Documentary Festival, Pamplona, Spain, Mar 11–16, 2019: http://www.puntodevistafestival.com/en/ultima_edicion.asp?IdSeccion=106
- Performance & screening, Tabakalera Centre for International Culture, San Sebastian, Spain, Mar 12, 2019, info: https://www.tabakalera.eu/en/solasaldia-3
- Sharjah Film Platform, Sharjah Art Foundation, U.A.E., Jan 24, 2019: http://sharjahart.org/sharjah-art-foundation/events/sharjah-film-platform-programme-23
- What the Complete Image Could Be: Works by Parastoo Anoushahpour, Faraz Anoushahpour, Ryan Ferko, Toronto International Film Festival, Wavelengths year-round programming, Dec 4, 2018: https://www.tiff.net/events/what-the-complete-image-could-be-works-by-faraz-anoushahpour-parastoo-anoushahpour-and-ryan-ferko/
- Duke University, Durham, USA, Nov 12, 2018: https://artscenter.duke.edu/event/lift-presents-the-madvo-collection-commissioning-project/
- Media City Film Festival, Windsor, Canada, Nov 10, 2018: http://mediacityfilmfestival.com/mcff23/international-competition-4/
- Viennale, Vienna, Austria, Nov 8, 2018: https://www.viennale.at/de/film/chooka
- New York Film Festival (Projections), New York City, USA, Oct 6 & 7, 2018 // Info:https://www.filmlinc.org/nyff2018/films/program-3-trips-to-the-interior/
- Cinema Multiverse 3, curated by Ana Vaz, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept 30, 2018
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh, Scotland, Jun 26 & Jul 1, 2018: https://www.edfilmfest.org.uk/2018/chooka
- Madvo Collection Commissioning Project Screening, presented by Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, Revue Cinema, January 23, 2018: https://lift.ca/programming-home/lift-debuts-films-from-artist-commission-the-madvo-collection/