Sun and fishes
Short film · In development
Filmmaker & Writer · Based in France
Fatemeh Fereydoun.
Iranian filmmaker, screenwriter and producer. Stories drawn from memory, migration and the quiet weight of home.
Current Projects
Hamid and Minoo candies
Feature Documentary film · In development
Voyage
Narrative feature · In development
Drawn from Iranian narrative tradition.
Selected Films
The Turtle
2023Director · Writer · Producer
A 15-minute short on migration, framed as a love story. Selected at the 11th Goa Short Film Festival.
Keryas
2021Director · Writer · Producer
An experimental narrative short documentary on two historical houses in Iran.
Camion
2019Director · Writer · Producer
A storytelling short set in a classroom. Selected at BAM Kids, Seattle Children's, Woods Hole, Roshd and ICFF.
A practice
of looking
closely.
Fatemeh Fereydoun, born in February 1992, is an Iranian filmmaker and screenwriter based in France. She holds a bachelor's in directing from the University of Tehran and a master's in theatre directing from Tarbiat Modares University.
She has directed three short films — including The Turtle and Camion — and five theatre productions, among them Satin Island. Her work has travelled to BAM Kids, Seattle Children's, Woods Hole, Roshd, Isfahan Children and Goa.
With over five years teaching theatre and cinema in Tehran, she has produced art residencies such as the Director's Toolbox and Actor's Backpack, and was selected in 2025 for the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, funded by the Institut français.
She is currently developing her first narrative feature, Voyage, drawn from Iranian narrative tradition.