{"id":32443,"date":"2025-11-27T02:58:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T07:58:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32443"},"modified":"2025-11-29T12:38:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T17:38:05","slug":"cutting-through-rocks-exclusive-interview-with-directors-sara-khaki-mohammadreza-eyni-on-the-sundance-winning-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=32443","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Cutting Through Rocks&#8221; : Exclusive Interview with Directors Sara Khaki &#038; Mohammadreza Eyni on the Sundance Winning Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><b>\u00a9<\/b>Courtesy of Gandom Films<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0YHk6orN1Ec\"><strong>Check out more of our YouTube Channel\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick&#8217;s &#8220;A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0<a class=\"google-anno\" href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/#\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\">\u00a0<span class=\"google-anno-t\">TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called &#8220;Morning Satellite&#8221; at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-32444 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cutting-Through-Rocks-poster.png\" alt=\"Cutting Through Rocks \" width=\"640\" height=\"895\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cutting-Through-Rocks-poster.png 640w, https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/cutting-Through-Rocks-poster-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cutting Through Rocks<\/strong> : As the first elected councilwoman of her Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi aims to break long-held patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara&#8217;s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.<\/p>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1774669342741533\" data-ad-slot=\"1211148813\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<p><strong>Director<\/strong> : Mohammadreza Eyni, Sara Khaki<\/p>\n<p><strong> Producer<\/strong> : Sara Khaki, Mohammad Eyni<\/p>\n<p><strong>Production Co<\/strong> : Gandom Films Production<\/p>\n<p><strong>Genre<\/strong> : Documentary, Biography<\/p>\n<p><strong>Original Language<\/strong> : Persian<\/p>\n<p><strong>Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Nov 21, 2025, Limited<\/p>\n<p><strong>Runtime<\/strong> : 1h 34m<\/p>\n<p><strong>If you like the interview, share your thoughts below!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/author\/nobuhosokigmail-com\/\">Check out more of Nobuhiro&#8217;s articles.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here&#8217;s the trailer of the film.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"coStYVD5abk\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"CUTTING THROUGH ROCKS | Official Trailer | In Select Theaters November 21\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/coStYVD5abk?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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