Rita RahimiFilm Director & Visual Artist
Cinema with a hand-drawn soul.
I direct narrative films and music videos for artists, brands and studios. Twenty years of drawing and animation, expanded through AI, with every creative decision my own.
FANA: BACK IN A SECPremiered at 9th Yerevan International Short Film Festival
2026 · AI-assisted Narrative Short · 3 min
A high-speed drive ends in a violent crash and a confrontation with mortality. Conceived, directed, animated, and completed independently amid severe internet disruptions in Iran.
LIVE-ACTION PRODUCTION
Narrative Music Video for Delusive Relics · 2023
A dark, folklore-inspired film of dancing spirits and transformation.
FANAAn expanding cinematic universe of interconnected stories set in a ruined, authoritarian world.
EXPLORE FANA
FANA: Solo ExhibitionIMMERSIVE VISUAL ART · TEHRAN · 2024
A two-floor exhibition at Shamis Gallery, bringing the surreal world of FANA into physical space.
JoojedelanANIMATED COMEDY & MUSICAL UNIVERSE · 2004–PRESENT
Born as the first ever Persian-language web series, Joojedelan is an absurdist universe of eccentric characters, dark humor, and music.
ABOUT
Rita Rahimi is a nonbinary Iranian filmmaker and visual artist creating character-driven films and original story worlds through drawing, animation, and cinema.
Work with Rita
Open to narrative film commissions, music video direction, and creative collaborations that call for distinctive visual storytelling.