Arash T. Riahi

Biography

Arash T. Riahi is an award-winning Austrian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Iranian origin. He is the founder and co-owner of Golden Girls Filmproduktion, one of Austria's leading independent production companies, and co-president of the Austrian Academy of Film since 2021. His work as director and producer has won over 200 awards, including for the documentaries Exile Family Movie and Everyday Rebellion, and his debut fiction film For a Moment Freedom was Austria's Oscar candidate in 2010. He also works as a dramatic advisor (SOURCES 2, EAVE) and teaches at the Vienna Film Academy. Recent productions include How to be Normal (Berlinale 2025), Perla (Rotterdam Tiger Competition 2025), The Witness (Venice 2024), Eismayer (Venice 2022), Born in Evin (Berlinale 2020), Once Upon a Time in Venezuela (Sundance 2020), and Solo (Cannes 2019).