Tara Bayat
Tara Bayat
Director, Editor, Post Producer

Still Crying

2026, 16mm & Film Clips, 2:08m

A visual study on the sensual and seductive nature of the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley.

Music from The Everly Brothers “Don’t Forget to Cry”

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A Trip to Tokyo

2023, Super 8mm, 2:03m

Music from Najat Al Saghira “Ah Law Teeraf” / “اه لو تعرف”

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Sleepless and Sirk

2022, Film Clips, 2:32m

A visual dance between the melodramatic works of Douglas Sirk (All That Heaven Allows, Written on the Wind) and Saleh Abu Seif (Sleepless, لا أنام,).

Music from Doris Day “Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps”

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Dream Western

2022, 16mm & Film Clips, 2:09m

A multilayered investigation on the iconography of the Hollywood Western and American Landscape.

Music from Kourosh Yaghmaei “Niyayesh”

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Egypt, You Made Me Love You

2023, 16mm, 1:54m

A short ode to my love of Cairo, shot on the balconies of Zamalek.

Music by from Judy Garland “You Made Me Love You”

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Lusting

2021, 16mm & Film Clips, 2:01m

A montage of lust, layered with 16mm footage of Joshua Tree and Los Angeles.

Music from Najat Al Saghira “Bahlam Maak” / “باحلم معاك”

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