The Winnipeg Film Group is delighted to announce that Alireza Bayat has been hired as the Collections Assistant in the Distribution Department.
Congratulations, Alireza! Welcome to the WFG team!
Alireza Bayat is a freelance curator, researcher, and cultural worker based in Winnipeg, Canada. Ali is an alumni of Master of Arts in Curatorial Practices stream at the University of Winnipeg where he is currently a senior research assistant. He also has a Master degree from Azad University-Tehran in Art Studies, where he completed a thesis on the notions of gender and sexuality in 19th century Iranian written and visual texts (2018). Alireza published a book (from the cycle of silence-2018) on non-conformist forms of publication and distribution of literature in the USSR. He has also worked as an art advisor and board member in multiple artistic and commercial institutions in Tehran and Winnipeg.
The role of Collections Assistant and Ali’s work with the WFG is part of a multi-year project entitled Records in Motion: Reforming the Winnipeg Film Group’s Accidental Archives.
This phase is made possible thanks to the generous support of Manitoba Sport, Culture, Heritage, and Tourism’s Heritage Grants Program as well as the support of the Cultural Human Resources Council’s SWP Program.