Soheil Rezayazdi

I talk with Soheil Rezayazdi. His career arc is wildly unique – Iran to the University of Iowa to New York City, where he now serves as the Nonfiction Programs Manager at The Gotham Film & Media Institute. We talk about the Documentary Development Initiative (DDI) – applications are due August 31st -- Iranian films, the three programs he manages at the Gotham, the state of BIPOC and LGBTQ emerging filmmaker programs, and where he’d like to see his initiatives go in the future. Soheil’s journey and his role at the Gotham as a driver of what films get made and more importantly, who makes them --  stands as a very welcome trend for independent film. Links Discussed In The Podcast:Documentary Development Initiative (https://thegotham.org/document....ary-development-init Firehouse Cinema (https://www.dctvny.org/s/firehousecinema)<br/><br/>Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/first-time-go/donations