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Rayka Zehtabchi (b. 1994)

Born:
January 1, 1994

Biography from TheMovieDB

Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016.  She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards for Period. End of Sentence., a documentary about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene worldwide.  Rayka’s passion is telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. In both documentary and narrative, she brings a naturalistic approach to her storytelling, striving for honesty and intimacy on screen.

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Film Production

Assistant Director:
2018  Mammoth

Co-Producer:
2016  Madaran
2018  Mammoth

Director:
2016  Madaran
2018  Mammoth
2018  Period. End of Sentence.
2018  We Home
2019  (SHn(y)o͞of)
2020  A Woman's Place
2020  Just Hold On
2020  Ours to Tell
2021  Are You Still There?
2022  Long Line of Ladies
????  They Came From All Over

Executive Producer:
2016  Madaran
2018  Mammoth
2018  Period. End of Sentence.
2018  We Home
2019  (SHn(y)o͞of)
2020  A Woman's Place
2020  Just Hold On
2020  Ours to Tell
2021  Are You Still There?
2022  Long Line of Ladies
2023  The Old Young Crow
????  They Came From All Over

Producer:
2016  Madaran
2018  Mammoth
2018  Period. End of Sentence.
2018  We Home
2019  (SHn(y)o͞of)
2020  A Woman's Place
2020  Just Hold On
2020  Ours to Tell
2021  Are You Still There?
2022  Long Line of Ladies
2023  The Old Young Crow
2023  You Know Where to Find Me
????  They Came From All Over

Writer:
2016  Madaran
2018  Mammoth
2018  Period. End of Sentence.
2018  We Home
2019  (SHn(y)o͞of)
2020  A Woman's Place
2020  Just Hold On
2020  Ours to Tell
2021  Are You Still There?
2022  Long Line of Ladies
2023  The Old Young Crow
2023  You Know Where to Find Me
????  They Came From All Over

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