Parisa Ghasemi

Head of Film Talent Academy

Linz ISFF director

Mentor

Parisa Ghasemi is an Iranian-Austrian filmmaker, curator, and queer-feminist activist. Her cinematic work explores themes such as identity, generational conflict, migration, and queer desire – always with a sensitive, personal, and politically conscious perspective. Her style combines documentary precision with poetic visual language – placing marginalized voices at the center.

She is the co-founder of the Linz International Short Film Festival and has been a board member of KUPF – the Cultural Platform of Upper Austria – since 2020, where she advocates for structural diversity and intersectional perspectives in the cultural sector.

Parisa holds both a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree in Film from the University of Arts in Tehran. She later completed a Master’s program in Time-Based Media at the University of Arts in Linz, Austria. She is also the Head of the Film Talent Academy, where she supports and mentors emerging voices in cinema.