Arash T. Riahi

Arash T. Riahi is a distinguished Austrian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter of Iranian origin. Arash is the founder and co-owner of Golden Girls Filmproduktion, one of Austria’s most prominent independent production companies. Under his leadership, the company has produced numerous internationally recognized films that combine artistic vision with social impact. He is the co-president of the Austrian Academy of Film since 2021. His body of work as a director & producer won more than 200 awards and comprises various short and experimental films (‘Mississippi’), documentaries, including ‘Exile Family Movie’ Winner of Leipzig Filmfestival) or the cross-media project ‘Everyday Rebellion’ (CPH:DOX Audience Award). His first fiction film ‘For a Moment Freedom’ was Austria’s candidate for the Academy Awards in 2010. Since 2010, he is also working as a dramatic advisor (SOURCES 2, EAVE) and teaches at the Vienna film academy. The last films as a producer were “How to be normal” (Berlinale Perspectives 2025), “Perla” (Rotterdam Film Festival Tiger Competition 2025), “The Witness” (Winner of Venice Filmfestival, Orizzonti Extra 2024), „Eismayer” (2022, winner of Venice Critics week), “Born in Evin” (2020, Winner of Berlinale Documentary award), “Once upon a time in Venezuela” (2020 Sundance) and,,Solo” (2019, Cannes Acid).