Parviz Jahed
Parviz Jahed, born in 1961, is a writer, film critic, cinema researcher, and university lecturer in dramatic literature and film studies. He studied Film Studies at the University of Westminster in London and received his PhD in Modern Languages from the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Jahed also holds a degree in Dramatic Literature from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Tehran and a Master’s degree in Cinema from the Faculty of Cinema and Theatre at the University of Art.
One of Shiva’s central arguments concerns the erosion of trust between filmmakers and writers in Iran. She notes that collaboration between cinema and literature once held greater creative potential, but