Author Archives: elinexplores

Last night I arrived in Tehran for the film festival Cinema Verite where Finding Farideh will have it’s premiere this Wednesday 13th of December at 21.00 hours. The second screening will be held at Friday 15th at 15.00. There are … Continue reading →

I just received a text message; Finding Farideh is selected for screening during the Cinéma Vérité Film Festival in Iran!! The film festival is from 10th -17th of December 2017. I am thrilled and the feeling of acceptance feels like … Continue reading →

The MyHeritage DNA kit arrived this week. Some of my fellow adoptee friends have already done this and it is so interesting. It will show you from which countries/areas your DNA is from. So doing this DNA test today and … Continue reading →

Over 2 weken horen we of Finding Farideh door is op het Iraanse Filmfestival Cinema Vérité en nog een leuk nieuwtje is dat de film ook ingezonden is naar het Internationaal Film Festival Rotterdam 2018. Dat zou natuurlijk te gek zijn! … Continue reading →

Unfortunately Finding Farideh is not selected for screening at the IDFA 2017. I received the news a few weeks ago and I felt sick to my stomach when I heard the news. I couldn’t believe it and the entire day … Continue reading →

This week I showed the final edit to my parents and brother. At first my parents  told me that they didn’t want to be in the film as they didn’t support me with my search, though during the filming days … Continue reading →