Diaspora Film Festival

Diaspora Film Festival posters and rug

Shahram Tabe-Mohammadi is one of the founders and the director of Diaspora Film Festival. He is also a film critic, writer, translator, and a scientist. More than one hundred of his articles have appeared in Shahrvand (Canada), Film Magazine (Iran), Adabiat va Farhang (Germany), Peivand (Sweden), as well as banned Iranian newspapers such as Neshaat, Toos, and Fat’h. Before coming to Canada, he produced two popular TV programs in Iran: Fanoos-e Khial and the comedy mini-series Akvaan-e diiv.

As a scientist, Shahram holds a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and has completed his Post-Doctoral in the field of Membrane Separation. He has taught as a professor or worked as a research scientist at institutions such as University of Ottawa, National Research Council Canada, and University of Quebec in Montreal. He has published or presented more than thirty papers in scientific journals and international conferences.

Website:   http://www.diasporafilmfest.com