Gandom Films Production is an independent nonfiction production company founded by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni.
Their latest projects includes Cutting Through Rocks, Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. With a shared commitment to cinematic storytelling, Gandom Films focuses on creating films that resonate across cultures and connect audiences worldwide through visually compelling narratives. Their body of work has earned recognition across international festivals including Visions du Reèl, Hot Docs, San Francisco International Film Festival, among others; and critics from IndieWire, Hammer to Nail, Variety, POV Magazine, and Vulture have praised their unique cinematic approach — describing their films as “deftly shaped works of cinematic nonfiction” and noting their ability to “elevate simple moments to cinematic poetry.” Through Gandom Films Production, Khaki and Eyni are continuing develop projects that balance artistic integrity with engaging storytelling and highlight the nuances of human experience in ways that speak quietly, yet powerfully to viewers globally.
Meet the Team
SARA KHAKI
Director, Producer, Editor
Sara Khaki is an Oscar-nominated documentary director, producer, and editor dedicated to telling stories around women empowerment and gender equality. Sara is Sundance Grand Jury Award winner for her feature documentary Cutting Through Rocks, which has also received a nomination from Directors Guild of America (DGA). The film has traveled to over 100 film festivals worldwide and has won numerous awards, including audience awards at Dok Leipzig, Visions du Réel, and IDFA, among others. Described by IndieWire as “a deftly shaped work of cinematic nonfiction” and by POV Magazine as “a profound vérité documentary,” the film marks Sara’s directorial debut, which also earned an Outstanding Achievement in Directing Award from NYWIFT at Woodstock. Her IDA Award–nominated short, Our Iranian Lockdown (2020) streams on The Guardian.
A co-founder of Gandom Films Production, Sara is a Sundance Film Institute, Chicken & Egg films and Firelight Media grantee. Her work continues to amplify change on gender equality through cinema verite form.
Sara holds a BFA in Cinematic Arts from the University of Maryland and an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking from the School of Visual Arts.
MOHAMMADREZA EYNI
Director, Producer, Director of Cinematography
Mohammadreza Eyni is an Oscar-nominated director, producer, and cinematographer whose work bridges boundaries and connects diverse global perspectives. He is a Sundance Grand Jury Award winner for Cutting Through Rocks, which has also won audience awards at IDFA, Dok Leipzig, Warsaw, Sydney Film Festival, New Zealand International Film Festival, and Visions du Réel, among others. A Directors Guild of America (DGA) nominee, Mohammadreza’s cinematic approach has been praised as “uniquely propulsive,” “practically magical” (Variety), and “delivering simple moments into cinematic poetry” (Hammer to Nail). His intimate short film Our Iranian Lockdown (The Guardian) received an IDA Award nomination.
Mohammadreza was named one of the top five cinematographers at Sundance 2025 and has been supported by Tribeca Film Institute, Sundance, IDFA Bertha Foundation, and Hot Docs Cross Current Doc Fund. He holds an MFA in Cinema from Tehran University of Fine Arts.