Bahar Beihaghi

In 1979, amidst censorship and religious extremism, a revolutionary literature professor in Tehran gathers seven of her most dedicated female students to immerse themselves in banned literary classics.

Ahlam, a Lebanese painter in financial straits, strives to get her artist visa extended so she can stay in New York City. Hoping to improve her circumstances, Ahlam takes a job delivering a parcel upstate. But the parcel opens a Pandora's Box, sparking the emergence of various characters with different degrees of menace who take an interest in this mysterious package and its intriguing courier.

A couple goes on a date at an amusement park.

The Girl sitting Here tackles the culture of sexual violence against women in the Middle East as we follow Bahar getting pushed to into a temporary marriage.

During the Iranian Women, Life, Freedom movement in 2022, Anahita in NYC and Yalda in Tehran face their fears by going to a protest, and connect across the world with a photo that brings them hope for a better tomorrow.