Films
*
Films *

Tehran Lights and Hollywood Nights (2025)
Directed by Devyn Nace
Before the Iranian Revolution, my grandfather Kourosh Bibiyan left Iran and set out to make a new life in America. He didn’t just adapt—he made history. In the heart of Los Angeles, he founded the first Persian television broadcasting network in the United States, paving the way for a new wave of Iranian-American media. This film follows his incredible journey through the lens of action, memory, and ambition. As his granddaughter and an aspiring filmmaker, I sit down with him to reflect on the risks he took, the stories he told, and the legacy he's still building. This is the story of an immigrant director who turned obstacles into opportunities, and of a new generation learning from the past to create the future.
Short | Documentary | Student

Directed by Devyn Nace
WOE (2025)
A young woman keeps calling, but her lover won’t pick up— not after what she did. She is stuck in a cycle of chasing highs just to come crashing down into unbearable sorrows. From moments of euphoria to anxiously pacing her bedroom, she just wants to reunite with her lover again, to feel loved, to feel like she matters. Her boyfriend wants her back, but she is all alone in this limbo of Woe.
Short | Experimental | Student
Directed by Devyn Nace
PHAgia (2024)
A cat births a deformed kitten and devours it, meanwhile, something sinister devours the psyche of Phagia’s protagonist. Dissociative and lost in their own mind, the protagonist grapples with a colorless world and a fragmented identity. Their feelings of emptiness make them the perfect host for something to grow within. A new identity springs forth: something powerful, something beautiful, something hungry. Is it a gift from the universe, or an evil unleashed into the world? What happens when the kitten eats the cat?
Short | Experimental | Student