Directing
Sepi Mashiahof
Tehran, Iran
Sepi Mashiahof is a filmmaker, musician, and actress whose work explores the beauty and brutality of queer existence. Born in Tehran, Iran and raised in LA, she truly came of age in the underground music community in Oakland, where she directed DIY music videos before journeying into narrative short filmmaking with her “Ether Trilogy:” LOVE YOU FOREVER (2021), SMOOTH (2023), and HUMANS ARE SHAPES (2026).
Acting credits
NRMichaela tries her best to be a good person.
Castration Movie ⅗ Year of the Hyaena
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NR"A body horror film about body hair." After being rejected by her stalker for being too hairy, a trans woman spirals into a dysphoric limbo, and the only way out of it is through her own skin.
Smooth
2023
NRIzzy does everything in her power to stop her partner from transitioning.
Castration Movie Chapter iii.ii Junior Ghosts—Premorphic Drift; a fragmentary passage
2026
NRTrapped in a time-warped house, two sisters try to survive the immensity of each other's love.
Love You Forever
2021
NRAfter having possessed the bodies of two trans sisters, two aliens make a fatal choice in order to obey human codes against taboo, all in pursuit of love and security.
Humans Are Shapes
2026
Behind the camera
NR"A body horror film about body hair." After being rejected by her stalker for being too hairy, a trans woman spirals into a dysphoric limbo, and the only way out of it is through her own skin.
Smooth
2023
NRTrapped in a time-warped house, two sisters try to survive the immensity of each other's love.
Love You Forever
2021
NRAfter having possessed the bodies of two trans sisters, two aliens make a fatal choice in order to obey human codes against taboo, all in pursuit of love and security.
Humans Are Shapes
2026
NRAfter having possessed the bodies of two trans sisters, two aliens make a fatal choice in order to obey human codes against taboo, all in pursuit of love and security.
Humans Are Shapes
2026