Nasim Soheili

Nasim Soheili is a director from Mashhad, Iran. She has a master’s degree in social communication and has worked as a social journalist for many years. Her family’s background in filmmaking and her own social activity in the field of women’s and ethnic minorities rights inspired her to make documentaries. After graduating from the one-year filmmaking course of the Iranian Youth Cinema Society, Soheili started researching and making short documentaries. Her two previous works are Maat and Eil Banu, with Maat being presented in several international festivals, including the Cinema Verite International Documentary Film Festival. Besides researching and making documentaries, she is currently teaching at universities and film schools, and is also a social activist. Soheili is the director of Wind's Heritage (Mountainfilm 2025).