Pyregina
Showcased at Sparrow Film Festival, this film was made in Brooklyn, NYC with the guidance of the brilliant filmmaker JP Saladin. JP passed away shortly after the film was completed, and Pyregina is dedicated to his memory.
Pyregina is a meditation on chaos, transformation, and the quiet magic of accidents. Set during a turbulent time in a young woman’s life, the story follows her as she house-sits a stranger’s home — lost in thought, lost in direction. In a moment of distraction, she leaves a piece of plastic in the oven. When she returns, she finds something unexpected: the melted plastic has formed a striking red crown. What began as a mistake becomes a symbol of renewal. She places the crown on her head — not out of triumph, but out of necessity. She becomes Pyregina — the queen born from fire, disorder, and a bit of beauty she never meant to make.
Selseleh
The Living Chain: A Multimedia Ode to My Grandmother
Selseleh (سلسله) means lineage in Farsi. This is an unfolding intimate multimedia collection in honor of my 90 year old grandmother — a living vessel of memory, love, wisdom and strength. Through photography, film, poetry, painting, and the lingering fragrance of her rose garden in Iran, I’m capturing the tender moments we share: hands held in silence, glances that hold decades, stories passed through breath rather than words.
This ongoing work traces the invisible thread between generations — documenting not just a woman, but a lineage. It is an ode to all grandmothers, all daughters, all those who came before and those still to come. This is the beginning of a tapestry made of memory, presence, and the timeless rhythm of family.
Tayr al-‘Arḍ
(طَیرُ العَرض)
The Bird That Flies Across Realms
During my early years of immigrating from Iran to the U.S., the only way I could feel my family’s love was through our phone calls. I recorded many of them — voices carrying warmth across continents. Later, I layered those recordings onto video fragments of my life in New York City and my travels — moments of movement, stillness, and quiet longing.
Tayr al-‘Arḍ is the soul in flight — existing between here and there, then and now. It is the invisible thread of love that holds us across distance.