Angels Interview Film

Jasmine Bissete, 2021, 6 min. Film screening and discussion with director Jasmine Bissete and Professor Roxanne Varzi.
This event will feature a screening of the short film Anges, followed by a Q&A session with Professor Roxanne Varzi and director Jasmine Bissete, along with an accompanying talk by Professor Varzi on French-Iranian cultural relations.
Anges has been featured in numerous international film festivals including the New York Shorts International Film Festival, Catalina Film Festival, Montecatini International Short Film Festival, Pittsburgh Shorts, Cyprus International Film Festival, International Short Film Festival Detmold in Germany, and the Rabat International Children and Family Film Festival, which takes place at the Institut Français Rabat. The film was awarded the Best Director prize at the Children’s International Film Festival of Wales. The film was awarded the Best Director Prize at the Children’s International Film Festival of Wales.
Director Jasmine Bissete graduated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Columbia University, Columbia College. She is a filmmaker and the co-founder and Creative Director of Kinglet Films, a production company operating in New York and Paris with a focus on fostering cross-cultural connections through cinema.
Professor Roxanne Varzi is an Iranian-born American cultural anthropologist, filmmaker, sound artist, writer, playwright, and educator. She is a full professor of anthropology and film and media studies at University of California, Irvine.