Daria’s Night Flowers is a poetic, experimental essay on forbidden desire and resistance. Drawing from post-revolution Iranian cinema, illuminated manuscripts, and her own archive, Maryam Tafakory crafts a haunting fable of Daria, a writer condemned for her lesbian love story. Through images of sedated women and blooming flowers, the film entwines love and violence, memory and erasure, transforming female suffering into an act of defiance and survival.

Maryam Tafakory, born and raised in Iran, works across film and performance. Her solo screenings include MoMA, BOZAR, the National Gallery of Art, and the Academy Museum, with additional selections at Tate Modern, Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, Locarno, Toronto, and the New York Film Festival. Her awards include the Gold Hugo (Chicago), Tiger Short Award (IFFR), and Best Experimental Film (MIFF). In 2024, she received the Film London Jarman Award. Her work has been featured in The Guardian, Le Monde, and Cahiers du Cinéma.