Googoosh - Made of Fire

Niloufar Taghizadeh was born in Iran and began working in the film industry at an
early age. In 1996, she traveled to Germany to study film directing at the Athanor
Academy. In the course of her career, she has worked on many international
projects as a writer, director and producer. Further film projects were created in
collaboration with Arte and ZDF. In 2019, she founded her production company
“Windcatcher-Productions” with which she has brought together a young team
and deals intensively with serious stories and biographies on film. The topic of
human rights, especially women's and children's rights, is very prevalent in her films.
She tries to address oppression in every form, be it art and culture or social
conditions, using personal stories to bring their reality to the general public. In
2024, Niloufar Taghizadeh is bringing two documentary feature films to cinemas
and international festivals. “Nila's Dream in the Garden of Eden” and ‘Googoosh -
Made of Fire’ differ in their story and aesthetics, but not in their basic need to
condemn oppression and reappraise Iran's history. With her films, she contributes
to reflecting on the social conditions in Iran and the whole world and to adopting
other perspectives.