My name is Rita Rahimi. I’m a filmmaker, performer, and visual artist working across film, body, and artificial intelligence.
For more than two decades, I have built worlds where image, identity, and technology collide.

I am openly nonbinary, visibly queer, and based in the Islamic Republic of Iran. My work exists without softening itself. Each film, each image, stands as evidence that presence can be an act of resistance.

My existence is my aesthetic.
My persistence is my practice.

FANA is the universe that holds my recurring characters, myths, and visual language. For seven years it has unfolded through short films, comics, exhibitions, and AI-driven cinema. Different mediums. One continuous world.

My Practice Includes:

Film Direction

Narrative design, visual language, crew leadership.

AI Cinematic Work

Consistent digital characters, generative video, concept development for film and games.

Embodied Performance

Acting, dance, character creation, and physical storytelling.

Production & Post

Videography, editing and composition.

I approach filmmaking as a living system. From the first idea to the final frame, I remain inside the process, shaping its rhythm, texture, and coherence.

Above is my digital photography and illustration. Below, I develop a character using artifacts I designed and made.