Sara Khaki
Filmmaker
Sara Khaki is the Grand Jury Award winner of the World Cinema Documentary category of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for her feature documentary, Cutting Through Rocks. Her co-directed film, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on The Guardian, was nominated for a 2020 IDA Award, which led to her co-directing contribution to the Netflix Original documentary feature, Convergence, which received a 2022 Emmy nomination. A Chicken & Egg Films and Sundance Alumni, Sara is a director, producer, and editor with dedication to stories about gender equity.
Sara graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a BFA in cinematic arts and from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) with an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking. She is the co-founder of Gandom Films Production L.L.C. is a US-based company that collaborates with top industry professionals to create socially engaging films.
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Sara Khaki
Filmmaker
Sara Khaki is the Grand Jury Award winner of the World Cinema Documentary category of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival for her feature documentary, Cutting Through Rocks. Her co-directed film, Our Iranian Lockdown, featured on The Guardian, was nominated for a 2020 IDA Award, which led to her co-directing contribution to the Netflix Original documentary feature, Convergence, which received a 2022 Emmy nomination. A Chicken & Egg Films and Sundance Alumni, Sara is a director, producer, and editor with dedication to stories about gender equity.
Sara graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore, with a BFA in cinematic arts and from the School of Visual Arts (SVA) with an MFA in Social Documentary Filmmaking. She is the co-founder of Gandom Films Production L.L.C. is a US-based company that collaborates with top industry professionals to create socially engaging films.
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