***ANNOUNCING SXSW WORLD PREMIERE!!! SAME SAME BUT DIFFERENT selected for SXSW Narrative Spotlight 2026!!***
The process of making this film has been an absolute whirlwind, and for our first time feature team an absolute dream come true. We are immensely grateful to the community we leaned on to make this dream a reality.
Written by Dalia Rooni, directed by Lauren Noll, “Same Same but Different” is a comedy about a wide eyed Iranian immigrant who accepts a marriage proposal from her boss’s son in order to stay in the states. What starts out as a simple green-card wedding gets complicated when her two Iranian best friends show up with their own opinions, American boyfriends, and cross-cultural-baggage in tow.
We hope you’ll find a little piece of you represented on screen this March. Austin, here we come!!!!
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Directed By: Lauren Noll
Written By: Dalia Rooni
Starring: Medalion Rahimi, Logan Miller, Layla Mohammadi, Dalia Rooni, Richie Moriarty, Michael Baszler, Nicholas Coombe and Danielle Pinnock, Lauren Noll. With Joey Lauren Adams and Kevin Nealon.
Produced by: Zein Khleif, Emily Reach White, Dalia Rooni, Lauren Noll and Medalion Rahimi
