NAZILA AZIZI

ARCHITECT • FILMMAKER • SPATIAL & EXPERIENTIONAL DESIGNER

Concept-driven and detail-attentive designer with a solid academic foundation in Architecture and Interior Design. Passionate about storytelling through design, I craft experiential, spatial, and cinematic environments by blending architecture, interior design, and visual narrative. I also bring experience as an award-winning filmmaker, having written, directed, and produced narrative and hybrid films.

Cinematic Work

I have written, directed, and produced short films as well as short and feature screenplays that blend narrative and visual momentums with poetic forms. I have also created a hybrid documentary rooted in lived experience. My work centers on themes of memory, transformation, and identity, and extends into production design and visual storytelling, shaping each project from concept to screen.

LineOut (2025) — Writer, Director, and Producer

Hybrid | Poetic Documentary

Language: English

Logline: “During the 2021 Taliban takeover, LineOut follows Afghan refugees through the director’s own escape across borders, weaving real footage with poetic storytelling to reflect on collective grief, resilience, and the balance between holding on and letting go.”

Writer & Director: Nazila Azizi

Producers: Nazila Azizi, Ali Seyfi

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LineLess (2025) — Writer and Director

Short Screenplay | Metaphorical Drama

Language: English

Logline: “In a traditional Afghan rug-weaving workshop, five women see their daily work transform into a surreal journey of memory. As the looms unravel into doors leading to underground metaphors, Lineless explores generational trauma and the struggle for liberation through a language of survival and healing.”

(Pre-Production)

Writer: Nazila Azizi

NOONN (2022) — Director, Producer, Production Designer

Short | Surreal Drama

Runtime: 5 minutes

Language: No Dialogue

Logline: “In a silent world of identical houses, a couple spends their days folding paper birds and writing words no one will read; but at the dark of every night, everything changes.”

Baku ISFF Best Director Winner, Featured at Tasveer Film Market; Licensed by Fawesome TV for international streaming.

Writer: Mahdi Shakeri

Director & Producer: Nazila Azizi

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Passing By (2020) — Writer, Director, Producer, and Production Designer

Short | Drama

Runtime: 18 minutes

Language: Persian/Dari

Logline: “After losing her first child and her father in a Kabul explosion, Harir and her husband, Fahim, temporarily move to Iran, seeking the safety she needs for a new pregnancy. Yet unexpected challenges threaten their hopes in unforeseen ways.”

Written, Directed, and Produced by

Nazila Azizi and Sajjad Rezaee

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