Building bridges based on the belief that film becomes art only when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil & paper. Cine Pobre Film Festival is the 100% self-funded intersection of culture and capabilities.
For the last decade Roshanak Elmendorf's films and animations have depicted the make up of the cultures we live in and the human relationships with self and others.
Roshanak was born in Tehran Iran. In 1977 she came to the United States to pursue a career in Science. Influenced by the social changes in Iran, she returned to the country in 1979. More than a decade after obtaining a medical degree from New York University in 1993, She developed an interest in painting, drawing and film.