Cutting Through Rocks, 98 min, 2025

As the first elected councilwoman of her remote Iranian village, Sara Shahverdi fearlessly breaks patriarchal traditions by training teenage girls to ride motorcycles and stopping child marriages. When accusations arise questioning Sara’s intentions to empower the girls, her identity is put in turmoil.

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Nominated for the 98th Academy Awards (2026) for Best Documentary Feature

Winner of the World Cinema Grand Jury Prize at Sundance; Audience Awards at IDFA, Visions du Reél, DOK Leipzig, Warsaw IFF, and many others

Theatrical distribution in Canada by Lost Time Media:

• May 21, 2026 | Rimouski, QC — Cinema Paraloeil
• May 15, 2026 | Edmonton, AB — Landmark Cinemas (Fascinasian FF)
• Opens May 13, 2026 | St-Eustache, QC — Cinéma St-Eustache
• Opens May 13, 2026 | St-Jérôme, QC — Cinéma Carrefour du Nord
• May 3, 2026 | Winnipeg, MB — Inuit Art Centre at the WAG (Fascinasian FF)
• May 2, 2026 | Calgary, AB — Calgary Central Library (Fascinasian FF)
• Opens May 1, 2026 | Winnipeg, MB — Dave Barber Cinematheque
• April 27, 2026 | Charlottetown, PE — City Cinema
• April 12, 2026 | Subdury, ON — Sudbury Indie Cinema (Junction North FF)
• March 18, 2026 | Wolfville, NS — Al Whittle Theatre
• March 15 & 16, 2026 | Simcoe, ON — The Strand Theatre
• March 14 & 18, 2026 | Whitehorse, YK — Yukon Theatre
• March 14–17, 2026 | Guelph, ON — Bookshelf Cinema
• March 14, 2026 | Montreal, QC — Cinéma Moderne
• March 12, 2026 | Kamloops, BC — Paramount Theatre (Kamloops FF)
• March 11 & 12, 2026 | Victoria, BC — Cinecenta
• March 6–12, 2026 | Richmond Hill, ON — York Cinemas
• March 4, 2026 | Montreal, QC — Cinéma Moderne
• March 3, 2026 | Invermere, BC — Columbia Valley Centre
• March 1, 2026 | Halifax, NS — Carbon Arc
• March 1, 2026 | Toronto, ON — Hot Docs Cinema
• February 28, 2026 | Edmonton, AB — Metro Cinema
• February 26, 2026 | Montreal, QC — Cinéma Moderne
• February 20, 2026 | Medicine Hat, AB — The Monarch Theatre
• February 19, 2026 | Halifax, NS — Carbon Arc
• February 17, 2026 | Toronto, ON — Revue Cinema
• February 14, 2026 | Montreal, QC — Cinéma Moderne
• February 12–19, 2026 | Quebec City, QC — Cinéma Beaumont
• February 9–12, 2026 | Vancouver, BC — VIFF Centre
• February 5, 2026 | Vancouver, BC — Rio Theatre
• February 1, 2026 | Montreal, QC — Cinéma Moderne
• January 9–27, 2026 | Victoria, BC — The Vic Theatre
• December 28 & 30, 2025 | Edmonton, AB — Metro Cinema
• December 12–19, 2025 | Vancouver, BC — VIFF Centre
• December 12⁠–⁠18, 2025 | Toronto, ON — TIFF Lightbox

A film by Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni

A Gandom Films Production

For more info about the film and screenings outside of Canada, check out the film’s homepage.