Newcastle University

Introduction

Gharavi is an award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter. Her work has been broadcast internationally (ITV/Channel Four (UK), Showtime (US) and selected for Sundance) and she is noted for documentary, fiction and cross-platform interactive work as well as using innovative techniques to bring untold stories of marginalised people and subjects to a mainstream audience and to empower those who can, to tell their own stories. Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship (USA), a Cultural Leadership Fellowship (Hong Kong), she recently completed her feature debut film, I Am Nasrine, a coming of age story of teenage asylum-seekers from Iran. Using innovative distribution the film will be viewed in schools as part of the National Curriculum (citizenship).

Roles and Responsibilities

Cultural Industries Placements Coordinator
Ethics Committee
APR Coordinator

Informal Interests

Bee-keeping

Motorcycling 

Research Interests

Documentary & Fiction Film Production, Screenwriting, Community Media and Interactive Digital Media.

Postgraduate Supervision

Supervise students in practice-based research including screenwriting, adaptation, interactive narrative and poetry and censorship in Iran

Esteem Indicators

Board of trustees:

Tyneside Cinema
British Refugee Council
Regional Council, Arts Council North East

Funding

Arts Council England, British Council, Film Council UK, Heritage Lottery Fund, Baring Foundation, Northern Rock Foundation, New Writing North, Big Lottery Fund, Catherine Cookson Fund, British Council for Research in the Levant.

Industrial Relevance

Over 15 years experience as writer/producer/director.

Producer at Bridge + Tunnel Productions, an award-winning media production outfit

Keywords

Film, media, documentary, narrative, filmmaking, cinema, installation art, screenwriting, storytelling

• Gharavi T. I Am Nasrine. UK: Bridge + Tunnel Productions, 2012. Feature-Length Screenplay & Feature Film.
• Gharavi T. Passport to Wonderland. Newcastle: Bridge + Tunnel, 2012. On-line Interactive Game. In Preparation.
• Gharavi T. People Like Us. Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Bridge + Tunnel Productions, 2012. In Preparation.
• Gharavi T. The King Of South Shields. UK: Arts Council England, 2008. DVD (Digital Video).
• Gharavi T. Last of the Dictionary Men: Stories From the South Shields Yemeni Sailors. UK: Bridge + Tunnel Productions, 2008.
• Gharavi T. i-Kooch – Interactive Web Narrative Project. UK: Nomad Cultural Forum, 2006.
• Gharavi T. Bread: Palestine/Israel (A documentary Installation). UK: Bridge + Tunnel Productions, 2005.
• Gharavi T. Featherhead. UK: UK Film Council, Northern Film & Media, Superkrush, Bridge + Tunnel Productions, 2005.
• Gharavi T. A Town Like Lackawanna. USA/UK: Hallwalls Media Institute, 2004. DVD (Digital Video, 25’).
• Gharavi T. Mother/Country. UK: Frameline, 2002. DVD (Digital Video, 25').
• Gharavi T. Closer. UK/FR: Women Make Movies, 2001. DVD (35mm film).