Podcasts & Interviews

What Everyday Life is Like for Iranians Right Now - VOX's Today, Explained

Straight to Why with Dr. Roya Rastegar: the Iranian People’s Fight for Freedom

Gwyneth Paltrow x Roya Rastegar: A Women-Led Iranian Revolution

Sophia Amoruso x Roya Rastegar: Shaping a World on Film

Conversation with Dr. Roya Rastegar: Farhang Connect Pride Edition

Moderating

'Creators and the Data Economy' at The Sundance Film Festival, with Karim Amer, Tim Kendall, and Jess Engel. Moderated by Roya Rastegar

'Navigating Film Festivals' at Women In Film, with Dilcia Barrera, Lucy Mukerjee, and Christine Davila. Moderated by Roya Rastegar

'Biodigital Democracy' at the sundance film festival, with Tiffany Shlain, Douglas Rushkoff, Karim Amir, Jehane Noujaim

'A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO SHOOT' at SAG-AFTRA, with Zoe Lister-Jones, Karyn Kusama, Tina Mabry, Meera Menon. Moderated by Roya Rastegar

'MUDBOUND' at SAG-AFTRA with Rachel Morrison, Mako Kamitsuna, Virgil Williams, Cassian Elwes. Moderated by Roya Rastegar

Speaking

'What Film Festivals Want' with Roya Rastegar, Kim Yutani, and Lucy Mukerjee, at Women in Film

SUBMITTING TO FESTIVALS with Roya Rastegar (LA Film Festival) Adam Montgomery (Sundance), Janet Pierson (SxSW)

Black House at Film Independent with Ava DuVernay, Roya Rastegar, Bradford Young, Shari Frilot, and Elvis Mitchell

On Wildness at THE HAMMER museum with director Wu Tsang and writer Roya Rastegar

'Digital Frontiers of Physical Cinema at the Sundance Film Festival,' at the Screen conference

'Cinema and Critics on New Media Platforms,' at the Santiago Festival Internacional de Cine

'Women Make Movies, Cultures of Feminist Film,' at the Society of Cinema and Media Studies Conference

'Black Independent Cinema Before and After Pariah' at the American Studies Association Conference