About ·
Films made from elsewhere
Elsewhere Art House is an independent film initiative founded in 2019. We make films about displacement, exile, migration, and cultural belonging, working across documentary, essay film, and experimental cinema.
The films
On the festival circuit
Where the films have travelled
Exile Echoes
Award winner at nine festivals, including Austin International Film Festival, USA Film Festival and Washington DC International Cinema Festival
Official selection at ten more, including Orlando International Film Festival and New York Istanbul Short Film Festival
A Drop at a Time
Award winner, Dallas Movie Fest
Finalist, International Disaster Film Festival · My Name Is Climate Film Festival
Official selection, Golden Bridge İstanbul Short Film Festival · World Water Film Festival and more
Return of the Repressed
Screened at the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) Film Festival and Farhang Foundation Film Festival
Selected, Femifilms · BAM! Festival
Semi-finalist, Student World Impact Film Festival
Full festival lists are on each film’s page.
Work with us
Bring a film to your audience
We welcome festival programmers, universities, cultural organizations, and community groups interested in screening our films, as well as press and partnership enquiries. Screeners and press materials are available on request.
Elsewhere Art House was founded in 2019 by film scholar and filmmaker Mazyar Mahan.
