An IDA Award Nominee
The IDA Documentary Awards is the world's most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre, celebrating the best nonfiction films and programs of the year. Our Iranian Lockdown was nominated in the short form series category.
Sara Khaki
Director, Producer, Editor:
Sara Khaki is a documentary filmmaker, editor, and recent Sundance Film Institute grantee, with a dedication to untold stories that make a difference in our world. Sara graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore (UMBC) with her BFA in cinematic arts and from the School of Visual Arts (SVA,) with an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking. Her recent co-directed short, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on the Guardian, was nominated for IDA Awards in the best short-form series category.
Her first feature film, Cutting Through Rocks, currently in production, has received support from Sundance Film Institute, Chicken & Egg Pictures, IDFA Bertha Europe, as well as Hot Docs CrossCurrent Fund, among others.
Sara is a co-director of the new Netflix Original feature documentary, Convergence, now ready to be streamed on Netflix.
Mohammad Reza Eyni
Director, Producer, Director of Cinematography:
Mohammad Reza Eyni is an Iranian-based director, producer, writer, and DP, who works independently on socially relevant topics as well as stories about the arts. A recent Sundance film Institute grantee, Eyni is known among the Iranian visual artists for his documentaries about praised visual artists.
Mohammad Reza is Tribeca (TFI) alumnus and graduated with an MFA in cinema from Tehran University of Fine Arts. Mohammad Reza’s recent co-directed short, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on the Guardian, was nominated for IDA Awards in the best short-form series category. He is the co-director of a Netflix Original feature documentary, Convergence.
Mohammad Reza’s recent feature, Cutting Through Rocks, currently in production, has received support from Sundance film institute, Bertha Foundation, as well as Hot Docs Cross Current Doc Fund, among others.
The Guardian’s Interview with Gandom Films Production on ”Our Iranian Lockdown”
Tribeca Film Institute Featuring “Cutting Through Rocks”