farbod
khoshtinat
Farbod Khoshtinat is an award-winning Iranian filmmaker based in Los Angeles, known for his bold visual language and emotionally charged storytelling. A protégé of Iran’s New Wave cinema, his work has screened at the United Nations, the Director’s Guild of America, and festivals worldwide. His acclaimed short ATTN: Mr. Democrat won the U.S. State Department’s Democracy Video Challenge, while his recent film Two Little Boys explores the roots of homophobia with unflinching intimacy.
With a background in directing, editing, and visual effects, Farbod has also contributed to internationally recognized features such as Rhino Season and No One Knows About Persian Cats.
With The Spiral, his most personal project to date, Farbod turns inward drawing from lived experience to examine the fragile line between love and control, and the unsettling ways art can both reveal and destroy us.
taraneh
golozar
Taraneh Golozar is an Iranian-American producer and visual storyteller whose work fuses emotional depth with precise, cinematic execution. With a background in visual effects, she has contributed to large-scale productions such as Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon and produced award-winning features like Radio Dreams. Her experience spans both independent filmmaking and studio-backed projects, giving her a rare fluency in balancing creative ambition with practical delivery.
With The Spiral, Taraneh brings a deeply personal and intuitive lens to a story about artistic obsession, generational fracture, and the cost of control. Her ability to hold both the creative volatility and logistical structure of a film makes her an anchor in a world that constantly threatens to unravel.
