Faryar Hosseini is a native of Iran currently based in NYC. While living in Tehran, she wrote and directed two award-winning stage plays, as well as her short film Lego, which was screened at cinemas around Iran in 2021. After moving to the US in 2018, she pursued an MFA in filmmaking at Ohio University where she completed three short films. From 2021-2023, she attended a program at The New School, where her thesis focused on the representation of Iran in US media. After graduation, her 2023 screenplay Leila was selected as second rounder at Austin Film Festival, quarterfinalist at Atlanta Film Festival, and Semifinalist at Nashville film festival. More recently, her film Detached participated at the Athens International Film and Video Festival. Her most recent film, Smothered, has upcoming screenings in at Soho International Film Festival and is in competition for the audience choice awards at the NYWIFT Online Shorts Festival.