Cutting Through Rocks

{{Short description|Documentary film}}

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| director = Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

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| producer = Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

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| music = Karim Sebastian Elias

| cinematography = Mohammaderza Eyni

| editing = Sara Khaki, Mohammadreza Eyni

| studio = Gandom Films Production

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| released = {{Film date|2025|01|27|Sundance|ref1={{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Robert |date=2025-01-27 |title=Sundance Film Festival Photos: 'Love, Brooklyn' & 'The Wedding Banquet' Premieres On Day 5 |url=https://deadline.com/gallery/2025-sundance-film-festival-day-5-premiere-photos/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Deadline |language=en-US}}}}

| runtime = 95 mins

| country = Qatar, Chile, Iran, Canada, Netherlands, Germany, United States

| language = Azerbaijani, Turkish, Persian, English

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Cutting Through Rocks is a 2025 documentary film directed by Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni about the first councilwoman in a rural Iranian village. The film is the feature debut of married Iranian directors Khaki and Eyni.{{Cite web |last=Holland |first=Jonathan |title='Cutting Through Rocks': Sundance Review |url=https://www.screendaily.com/reviews/cutting-through-rocks-sundance-review/5200937.article |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Screen |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Wissot |first=Lauren |date=2025-01-29 |title='Cutting Through Rocks' Review: A Sharp Documentary Profiles a Motorcycle-Loving Woman Who Takes on the Patriarchy in Rural Iran |url=https://www.indiewire.com/criticism/movies/cutting-through-rocks-review-movie-review-sara-shahverdi-1235089757/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Adlakha |first=Siddhant |date=2025-01-29 |title='Cutting Through Rocks' Review: An Iranian Woman Tries to Change Her Village in a Conflicted Documentary |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/cutting-through-rocks-review-sundance-iran-1236289291/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}