Nasim Naghavi

Nasim Naghavi is an architect, filmmaker, and researcher whose work bridges cinema and the built environment. She holds a PhD from Concordia University (Faculty of Fine Arts) and is affiliated with the IDEAS-BE research community, where she explores how film can help reimagine urban challenges—particularly mobility, car-centric space, and “third spaces.” Alongside her academic work, Naghavi has been active in film criticism and programming through NaMaNa Cinema, a University of Toronto film club, and she has supported community film initiatives including Toronto’s Cyrus International Film Festival. Since moving into film production in 2018, she has served as executive producer on Pendulum (Pandul) (2019). In 2021, she co-directed the feature Into Schrödinger’s Box with Amir Ganjavie; the film won Best Feature Film at the New Jersey Film Festival (Fall 2021). In 2025, she co-directed About Maya, a Toronto-set political thriller about an exiled Middle Eastern woman whose husband’s death exposes buried ties to her father’s past.