Actor Reza Sixo Safai attends the premiere of "Circumstance" at Outfest at the Director's Guild of America on July 12, 2011.

The director Maryam Keshavarz, foreground; Nikohl Boosheri, left; Sarah Kazemy; and Reza Sixo Safai.

Reza Sixo Safai and Justin Begnaud at Spirit Awards 2015. 

Reza Sixo Safai & Roger Corman at screening of "A Girl Walks Home Alome at Night" for MoMA's Film Department Series entitled The Contenders. 

Reza Sixo Safai in "A Better Place Than This".

Reza Sixo Safai and Ana Lily Amirpour at BFI premiere of "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night"

Reza Sixo Safai and Emayatzy Corinealdi in "Teacher in a Box".

ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 18: Arash Marandi, Reza Sixo Safai and Ana Lily Amirpour attend the 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' Red Carpet during the 9th Rome Film Festival on October 18, 2014 in Rome, Italy. 

ROME, ITALY - OCTOBER 18: Reza Sixo Safai attends the 'A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night' Red Carpet during the 9th Rome Film Festival on October 18, 2014 in Rome, Italy.

Reza Sixo Safai and Sarah Kazemy on the red carpet at the Rome Int'l Film Festival.

Reza Sixo Safai and Sarah Kazemy at the Rome Int'l Film Festival.

Reza Sixo Safai on the red carpet at the Rome Int'l Film Festival.

Reza Sixo Safai, Maryam Keshavarz and Sarah Kazemy on the red carpet at the Rome Int'l Film Festival.

Reza Sixo Safai and Sarah Kazemy in Circumstance (2011)

Nasrin Pakkho, Reza Sixo Safai, Sarah Kazemy, and Soheil Parsa in Circumstance (2011)

Reza Sixo Safai at "Circumstance" World Premiere Sundance 2011.

Reza Sixo Safai from the film Circumstance poses for a portrait in the Fender Music Lodge during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011 in Park City, UT.

Actors Nikohl Boosheri, Reza Sixo Safai, and Sarah Kazemy pose for a portrait during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival at The Samsung Galaxy Tab Lift on January 23, 2011 in Park City, Utah.

Actor Reza Sixo Safai poses for a portrait during the 2011 Sundance Film Festival at The Samsung Galaxy Tab Lift on January 23, 2011 in Park City, Utah.

Helena Mattsson and Reza Sixo Safai in The Persian Connection (2016)