Birth name
     Bahareh Lellahi Dela
Date of birth
     1984, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran
Date of death
     ???

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Bahar Lelahi _{(1984, Amol, Mazandaran, Iran)}

A 40-year-old filmmaker, Bahareh Lelahi, is allegedly murdered in prison.

Bahareh, a film director and screenwriter, and one of the detainees of the Woman Life Freedom uprising, disappeared in February 2024 and was buried in Karaj cemetery without her family's knowledge.

Bahareh was a jury member for short film festivals and young cinema festivals. She was also teaching at the Iranian Youth Cinema Association. Columbus clouds, According to a dream, I had said thirteen is cursted and Echoes in the Sound Room are some titles directed by Bahareh.

Summoned by Islamic Republic Intelligence services before her disappearance, speculations suggest she was murdered in prison or detention. Other evidence also shows the involvement of Islamic Republic Security Agents in her murder. Her family was searching for her after her disappearance for three months. However, reliable sources confirm she was buried anonymously on April 12, 2024, only 2 to 4 weeks after her disappearance, in the Karaj cemetery.  

Tavana reported that the Islamic Republic Intelligence Services threatened the Lelahi family to prevent the story from spreading. They also even prevent them from grieving and holding a proper memorial for their loved one.



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Quoted by the Iranian Young Cinema Association website:

She was a filmmaker and teacher.

Education:
BA in Performing Arts Film Studies and Film and Television Directing from Soureh University and MA in Dramatic Literature from Tarbiat Modarres University, Lecturer of Iranian Youth Cinema Association, Lecturer of Soureh Cinema Academy

*Teaching:
Directing a fiction film: from the idea to the post-production of Soureh Conservatory
The history of Iranian cinema - the history of World cinema
Documenting and screenwriting
The short film script of the Young Cinema Society of Tehran office
Familiarity with cinema: Tehran office
Designing the national tests of cinema history for six periods
Member of the Iranian Short Film Association
Member of the Policy Council of the Shams Documentary Chamber (Documentary Network: Doreye Sarafraz)
Supervisor of the cinema department of Soureh Cinematography Academy

Directing experience:
The moment of the curls dancing
According to the story of a flowered handkerchief
The grave of the fire temple and everything we don't know
Rayoumand 4761
I said thirteen was ominous
Columbus clouds (2013)
Echoes in the sound room

Producer, filmmaker:
The morning lights (filmmaker-producer)
The documentary "My Hands are full of loneliness" (filmmaker-producer)

Assistant director and long planning:
Gerdabe Esmail Barari telefilm
Asr Abad Mohammad Reza Aslani
My hands are full of loneliness (Life of Mohammad Ali Keshavarz) Rahim Sadr

Director - Selected filmography

1. Columbus Clouds | Abrhaye Kolalehei (2013)