Backstage photography and video from Iranian film sets and interviews with production teams. Videos load from YouTube only when you press play.
Portraits of the actors and directors she has worked with are on the Film page.
Backstage, Duet, Tehran, 2015
Footage from the set of Duet, directed by Navid Danesh, following the cinematographer Hossein Jafarian and his team at work alongside Hedieh Tehrani. Taravati worked on the film as backstage videographer.
Jafarian, born in Tehran in 1944, has photographed more than 50 films, among them Narges, Through the Olive Trees, Crimson Gold, About Elly and The Salesman, and has worked with Abbas Kiarostami, Jafar Panahi, Rakhshan Bani-Etemad and Asghar Farhadi. Duet stars Ali Mosaffa, Hedieh Tehrani, Negar Javaherian and Morteza Farshbaf.
Watch on YouTubeBackstage, Duet, Tehran, 2015
Hedieh Tehrani between takes on the set of Duet, filmed and edited by Taravati as the production's backstage videographer.
Backstage, Sheeple, Tehran, 2018
A backstage clip from Houman Seyedi's Sheeple, the story of a gang of drug dealers in the south of Tehran who shelter young people and orphans from the streets.
Maghzhaye Koochake Zang Zadeh, Tehran, 2018
A short interview with members of the production team, filmed by Taravati on the set of the 2018 film.
New backstage clips and interviews are published on Reihane's channel.
