Arian Vazirdaftari’s debut feature, Without Her, received a nomination for Best First Film at the 40th Fajr Film Festival but did not secure the award, which went to The Situation of Mehdi. The story centers on Roya, whose everyday life and personal struggles are disrupted by the arrival of an unidentified young woman named Ziba. Though Ziba doesn’t seem motivated by theft, she manages to conceal her past while Ro…