A visual poem in seven movements, Performing Beauty explores the aesthetic, spiritual, and cultural significance of the Persian calligraphy script known as Nasta'liq. Blending evocative imagery, poetry, and the voices of artists, scholars, and designers, the film traces Nasta'liq's historical unfolding and enduring presence in contemporary creative expression. From ink and reed to screen and sculpture, this immersive documentary reveals how a script born of verse became a symbol of identity, beauty, and resilience across centuries and geographies.
Released 2025, , for more information click here.
A history of the extraordinary art that was commissioned during the Qajar Dynasty (1785 - 1925). In interviews with experts, the film will explore this remarkable era in Iranian history that straddled the transition between tradition and modernity. While offering an overview of painters and paintings of Qajar era and its continued legacy, the film weaves together art history and Persian history, while taking a deep look at the art and culture of an era we know little about.
Released 2019, for more information click here.
A Journey Within is a silent, poetic 2-D animated film that follows a woman on an inward passage through seven distinct spatial states. Each state corresponds to an inner shift — longing, vulnerability, clarity, release, unity, wonder, and dissolution. These environments are not literal locations, but experiential spaces shaped by light, stillness, movement, and cultural memory.
The film draws loosely on the emotional arc of Attar’s Seven Valleys, translating its inward journey into a contemporary and universal visual experience. With no dialogue or narration, the film relies entirely on atmosphere, restrained animation, and sound to guide the viewer.
While deeply personal, the woman’s inward journey carries quiet resonance beyond the individual, expressed only through tone, presence, and atmosphere rather than narrative or statement.
