Sundance 2025 Grand Jury Award for World Cinema Documentary

Cutting Through Rocks

As the first elected councilwoman of her remote Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi fearlessly breaks patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.

STATUS:
In Festivals
DIRECTOR:
Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
PRODUCERS:
Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS:
Judith Helfand, Julie Parker Benello, Meadow Fund, Rebecca Lichtenfeld for InMaat Foundation, Sheila Nevins