FATIMA
 GEZA
 ABDOLLAHYAN was
 born
 in
 Frankfurt,
 Germany.
 Her
 parents
 are
 from
 Iran.
 From
 1996
 to
 2000,
 Fatima
 studied
 political
 science
 in
 France
 and
 Germany.
 2001
 she
 graduated
 from
 the
 Westminster
 University
 London
 with
 a
 Master
 of
 Arts
 in
 International
 Relations.
 The
 same
 year,
 she
 took
 up
 her
 studies
 at
 the
 documentary
 department
 of
 the
 University
 of
 Television
 and
 Film
 Munich.
 KICK
 IN
 IRAN
 is
 her
 graduation
 film
 and
 first
 feature
length
 documentary.

During
 her
 studies,
 Fatima
 gained
 a
 broad
 range
 of
 working
 experience
 in
 the
 realm
 of media:
 from
 an
 internship
 at
 Interpol’s
 PR
 department,
 through
 working
 for
 local
 TV
 in France,
 to
 getting
 a
 taste
 of
 print
 and
 radio
 back
 in Germany
 ‐
 finally
 concentrating
 on television
 and
 film.
 In
 the
 summer
 of
 2005,
 right
 after
 the
 election
 of
 Iran’s
 new
 President Ahmadinejad,
 Fatima
 started
 working
 for
 the
 correspondent’s
 office
 of
 the
 German
 channel ZDF 
in 
Tehran,
Iran 
for 
six 
months.
 On
 her 
return 
to 
Germany,
 she 
started 
her 
project 
KICK
 IN IRAN.

From
 2004
 onwards,
 she
 has
 been
 personal
 coordinator
 to
 the
 director
 of
 the
 Filmfest Munich.
 Recently,
 she
 hosted
 a
 series
 of
 documentary
 portraits
 „Heimatbilder“,
 which
 will be 
broadcast 
by 
the 
German
 educational 
channel 
BR
alpha/ARD,
 starting 
February 
2010.

Her
 films
 include
 (selection):
 Notes
 for
 the
 mind
 (2002), Staying
 or
 leaving
 (2005),
 Dear
 Terrorist
–
How
 to
 be 
a Muslim
 in 
the 
States 
(2008),
 Kick 
in 
Iran 
(2009).