Sara Zandieh

"The Pool Party" combines social realism with political allegory in the story of an aged servant's rebellion against his masters. (sarazandieh.com).

Cultures clash and families collide when an Iranian woman finds love with an eccentric bisexual artist.

Zoey Miller, a super smart computer nerd who is uninterested in romantic love, has her life turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend. (imdb)

After teenage Maya is caught in a sexually compromising position, her mom moves the family back to India so Maya can learn proper discipline. Years later, she returns to the US to find funding for her teen-focused app, and gets a job as a substitute high school teacher so she can research her target demo.