
Nahid Persson Sarvestani
Biography
Nahid Persson Sarvestani, born 24 May 1960 in Shiraz, Iran, is an award-winning Iranian-Swedish documentary filmmaker and director, who came to Sweden as a refugee after the Iranian revolution 1979.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles

Movie - 2013, 2h 15m • as Herself
As a student, the director managed to flee revolutionary Iran. Many who stayed behind did not survive. When there are renewed protests in Teheran 30 years later, she goes looking for a couple of other survivors who fled. An emotional, very personal documentary.

Movie - 2023, 2h 15m • as Director and narrator
In 2019, the multi-awarded filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani (My Stolen Revolution, Prostitution Behind the Veil) filmed the Iranian journalist based in France Roholla Zam, who exposed the Iranian regime money laundering. Months later, Rohollah was lured by moles to Iraq and kidnapped to Iran. After 14 months in prison, he was executed.

Movie - 2008, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Filmmaker and Iranian exile Nahid Persson talks with Queeen Farah, the widow of the late Shah of Iran, who also has been an Iranian exile since the Shah was overthrown in 1979. A meeting of two women who once belonged to opposite sides in Iran.
