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Rayka Zehtabchi is an Oscar-winning Iranian-American director based in Los Angeles. Her directorial debut, Madaran, is an Iranian language short that won Jury awards at top film festivals and qualified for the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. She won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short at the 91st Academy Awards for Period. End of Sentence., a documentary about a group of village women in Northern India who start a sanitary pad-making business in an effort to improve feminine hygiene and de-stigmatize menstruation. Along with the film’s release, Rayka helped co-found the non-profit “The Pad Project” to fight the stigma of menstruation and improve feminine hygiene worldwide. Rayka’s passion is telling human stories that bring awareness and action to little-known social causes. In both documentary and narrative, she brings a naturalistic approach to her storytelling, striving for honesty and intimacy on screen.
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- wc Gender: Female
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1994-01-01
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- school Known for: Directing
- star Popularity: 2
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4.5
Are You Still There?
2021-03-16
4.5
Are You Still There?
2021-03-16
4.5
Long Line of Ladies
2022-01-20
4.5
The Old Young Crow
2023-02-18
4.5
Long Line of Ladies
2022-01-20
4.5
They Came From All Over
4.5
You Know Where to Find Me
2023-08-01
4.5
Period. End of Sentence.
2018-04-05
4.5
Period. End of Sentence.
2018-04-05
4.5
Mammoth
2018-06-23
4.5
(SHn(y)o͞of)
2019-09-17
4.5
Ours to Tell
2020-01-21
4.5
Just Hold On
2020-03-01
4.5
We Home
2018-04-11
4.5
(SHn(y)o͞of)
2019-09-17
4.5
Madaran
2016-09-30
4.5
Madaran
2016-09-30
4.5
Madaran
2016-09-30
4.5
A Woman's Place
2020-08-24