Without Her

3/28/2025

**Why Without Her is a Sick Joke?** > By Carwan Dourandich Originally published in Mah-e Kamel-e Honar Quarterly, Issue 1 Without Her is Arian Vazirdaftari's feature-length debut, which was nominated in the Best First Film category at the 40th Fajr Film Festival. However, it did not win, as the award went to The Situation of Mehdi. The film's central narrative follows a woman named Roya, whose ordinary life - filled with personal struggles familiar to all of us - is thrown into chaos when she encounters a nameless, unidentified girl who later takes the name Ziba. Ziba might be a con artist, but what's strange is that she doesn't even attempt to steal anything. Though she successfully keeps the mystery of her past and identity intact, Roya finds it increasingly difficult to accept