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Nat Nesvaderani

(she/they) is an Iranian-American filmmaker and anthropologist whose creative and scholarly work has taken them to Iran, Egypt, and New York. They are a Lecturer of Visual Anthropology at Cornell University, where they obtained their PhD.

Nat’s experimental film projects explore themes of embodiment, intimacy and interruption in experiences of queerness, displacement and diaspora. They are committed to collaboration across cultural and national borders, especially in the face of violent, protracted U.S. imperialism in the South West Asia North Africa region, and economic sanctions that seek to isolate Iran. Working with independent filmmakers, Nat is invested in collaborative projects and experimental audio-visual methods that compel cultural producers to explore affect beyond the frame.