Panuah Kalayeh

After remembering a traumatic racist incident in his childhood, Pirooz Kalayeh decides to document his journey to recovery, traveling back to the barbershop where he was refused a haircut as a child, and then doing a series of role-plays with family, friends, and children to understand how racism leaves lasting effects and how he and others can heal and move forward.

CTRL ALT DEL is a mid-length feature about several relationships intertwining over the course of a day in Los Angeles, and how each moves through various issues regarding gender inequality, the misuse of power, and familial pressure, until they shift into something different and unexpected.