Sara Boutorabi
Art
Biography
Sara Boutorabi is an Iranian-American filmmaker, raised in California, and based in New York City. She graduated from the University of California Berkeley with a dual degree in Rhetoric and Film & Media. She received an MFA from Columbia University in the Screenwriting & Directing program. Her thesis film, BITA JOON, received a Special Mention for Best U.S. Student Short at its world premiere at Palm Springs ShortFest in 2024.
Known For
Inside the mind of a middle-aged man as he tries to come to terms with his life over the course of an afternoon walk through his hometown.
Out and About
Desperate to become a father, a man spends a weekend falling for a woman who believes God has warned her never to have children.
Sunday’s Children
On the rocky expanse of Joshua Tree National Park, Omid and his family continue their tradition of jumping over fire in honor of the Iranian holiday, Chahar Shanbeh Soori. As daylight slips away and the sun recedes into the desert, an exposed Omid must face the reality of his wife’s impending death.
Day of Fire
On a seemingly prosaic day in the life of Bita, an Iranian woman with terminal cancer comes to grips with her changing relationships with her family as life transforms, evolves and slips away.