Mohammadreza Eyni
Iranian filmmaker
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Mohammadreza Eyni is an Iranian filmmaker.[1] He is director of the 2025 Oscar-nominated documentary film Cutting Through Rocks, alongside partner Sara Khaki.[2]
Career
Together with Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni founded Gandom Films Production L.L.C., a production company based in the United States.[citation needed]
In December 2024, it was announced that Eyni's feature documentary film Cutting Through Rocks, co-directed with Reza, would have its premiere at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The film follows the first Iranian woman elected as councilwoman in a rural village. Eyni is from the Azeri-Turkish speaking community, in the same region where Cutting Through Rocks takes place.[3]
The film premiered on January 27, 2025 to generally positive reviews. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 100% rating.[4]
On January 31, 2025 Cutting Through Rocks received the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize: Documentary at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, with the Sundance jury saying, "this beautiful and nuanced portrait shows us a fearless eccentric who confronts male-dominated society when she runs for office in a remote Iranian village. Her determination, warmth, and humor and the way her story is told left us in awe."[5]
On January 22, 2026, Khaki and Eyni were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature Film for their film Cutting Through Rocks.[3]
