Arian Nazemrazavi
Directing
Biography
Arian Nazemrazavi is an Iranian filmmaker based in Canada, working as a writer, director, and assistant director. With a background in cinema directing and video design, his work blends narrative storytelling with strong visual composition and technical precision in lighting and production. He is particularly interested in psychological narratives, atmospheric visuals, and character-driven stories that explore human emotion, tension, and contemporary themes.
Known For
Time flows backward through the last moments of a man’s life, where gestures precede their meanings and emotions echo before they are felt. As the world rewinds around him, fragments of presence dissolve into silence, revealing a final truth hidden at the beginning of it all.
Reverie in Reverse
When a struggling young drug dealer unknowingly steals from the city's most feared crime family, he becomes the unsuspecting pawn in a silent war orchestrated by a brilliant underground mastermind.
Runner
Anaya, a young Barbadian woman living in Toronto, is forced to confront her growing disconnection from home after she realizes she can no longer remember a song her late grandmother used to sing to her. When two Caribbean folklore spirits appear in her apartment offering to help, what begins as a search for memory transforms into a haunting test of identity, ancestry, and cultural belonging.
Two Come Calling
As day turns to night, a solitary figure remains fixed before the camera while the world around him repeats itself in an endless cycle. As familiar moments return, the boundary between routine, memory, and inner unrest begins to dissolve.
Turmoil Within Silence
A short film about two former lovers who accidentally meet in purgatory after the(ir) world ends.
Gone Cold
At a futuristic train station, Beatrice, a woman in her 40s, prepares to travel back to 2002, while Olivia, a frustrated 17-year-old, impatiently awaits a train to the year 2046. Despite their differences, the two engage in a spirited discussion about life, responsibilities, and regrets. Beatrice, weighed down by adult responsibilities, questions Olivia's eagerness to grow up, while Olivia, frustrated with her teenage struggles and longing for more control over her life, believes that adulthood will offer her the escape she desires. Their conversation reveals Beatrice's unhappiness with her career and Olivia's strained relationship with her family, each reflecting what the other resents or longs for. As their trains come in, Beatrice steps off with a renewed determination to alter her future, while Olivia remains the same, holding tightly to the assurance of her initial direction.
The Station
After having the feeling of being watched, a young and paranoid conspiracy theorist walks into a pawn shop and buys his first camcorder to share his findings of “truth”, only to find some chilling recordings of himself on it that certifies his fears and anxieties.