Poster for the film "Ideal Figures" made by Mahtab Rezayi featuring a man and woman with intense expressions, the man with glasses and short hair, the woman with long dark hair, with a large red "X" across the center and red handwritten-style text.

Short · Narrative · 2026

IDEAL FIGURES

Co-Director · Co-Writer · Co-Producer

As an insecure art student competes for a career-defining prize, her celebrated professor’s mentorship crosses the line into predation, forcing her to decide how much of herself she is willing to sell for success.

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A woman with shoulder-length hair, wearing a red sweater, sitting at a table with her head resting on her hand, seems sad. This is from "The Immortal Mrs. Ericson," a film by Mahtab Rezayi, an Iranian filmmaker and an MFA Film Production candidate.

The Immortal Mrs. Ericson

Short · Narrative · 2025

Director · Writer · Producer

Fearing she will be forgotten by her ambitious son, a lonely mother makes a deal with a mysterious “Legacy Maker” to secure her immortality, unaware of the true cost of her posthumous fame.

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Black and white close-up of a woman's face with short hair and a beard, with awards and film festival laurels on the right side, and the word 'Pretty' in stylized font at the bottom.

Short · Documentary · 2022

Pretty

Director · Writer · Producer

From whispered confessions about body shame to archival images, this documentary traces how beauty standards in Iran have shifted under the influence of Western media and global fashion over the last century.

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Close-up of a woman with curly hair, wearing a gray hoodie, looking directly at the camera with a neutral expression. The poster for the documentary "Reverse Progress" is at the top, with credits and acknowledgments at the bottom.

Short · Documentary · 2021

REVERSE PROGRESS

Director · Writer · Producer

Weaving together personal stories from across Iran, this film exposes an education system that funnels childhood toward the 'Konkur', a grueling, all-or-nothing exam that dictates the fate of a generation and inflicts irreversible psychological damage.

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Short · Documentary · 2023

Jump Into Fear

Director · Writer · Producer

During her first months in the U.S., an Iranian filmmaker asks her new American friend to teach her to swim, using the water to confront a past that policed women's bodies. This act of vulnerability transforms into a lesson on navigating boundaries, forging deep friendships, and reclaiming her female power in a new country.

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Short · Narrative · 2019

Another Life

Director · Writer

Adapted from a story by Alberto Moravia, a wealthy woman’s carefully curated life begins to collapse when a stranger infiltrates her home on her daughter’s birthday, posing as a servant before blackmailing her with claims of a shared past in a brothel she desperately denies.

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Short · Documentary · 2019

Black Egg

Director · Producer

Convinced that a sick child is the victim of the 'evil eye,' a superstitious nanny performs an ancient Iranian ritual, writing names on an egg until it cracks, despite the skepticism of the child's modern parents.

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