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bita . بیتا

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@coolstorybita
@pillarboxed • @firewall.film • @texasbita “you were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life” //rumi 🕊️
  • Photography & Video
  • Following 3.8K
  • Followers 18.8K
  • Engagement 34.41%
  • Avg comments 93

About bita . بیتا

bita . بیتا (@coolstorybita) is a Film Director creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. The account has 18,795 followers and 299 published posts. Recent posts average 7,372 likes and 93 comments, an engagement rate of 34.41%.

With 18.8K followers, bita . بیتا is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. bita . بیتا follows 3,774 accounts, so the audience is roughly 5 times the size of the list followed. bita . بیتا carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files bita . بیتا under Film Director, with Photography & Video as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for bita . بیتا runs to 16 words across 2 lines. The bio mentions @pillarboxed, @firewall.film and @texasbita. The latest activity Flinque has on record for bita . بیتا dates from February 2026.

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299 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for bita . بیتا, 5 are carousels and 5 are videos. No single format accounts for most of them. 299 published posts give bita . بیتا a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 63 followers for each post published. bita . بیتا also keeps 3 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 89 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include firewall, iran, internet, been and world. The captions tag #digitalblackoutiran, #freeiran, #internetfreedom, #humanrights and #iran.

Thank you Stanford for an incredible screening and conversation of Firewall! is an incredible Persian Student Association and we are so grateful to them for the invitation 💛
Join us for a special screening of Firewall, a short film by Iranian-American filmaker Bita Ghassemi. The screening will be followed by a Q&A, discussing her creative process, the story behind the project, and the themes that shaped her work.

🗓️ When? Friday, May 1, 2026 at 5:00 PM
📍 Where? Oshman Hall, McMurtry Building, 355 Roth Way

🎫 Tickets? Link in bio

Many thanks to our co-sponsors:

Mibinametoon!
New kowla unlocked 🤠🤠🤠

Finally got to take photos in my regalia after 6 years. My time in China with, where I was getting my master’s in Global Affairs, was cut short when COVID hit, and we had to leave abruptly in early 2020.

Feeling really grateful to be back, reunited with my classmates and able to properly close this chapter of my life 💜🤠
It’s been a terrible 3 months, but at least we have each other ❤️‍🩹🫂🥺
Thank you & for spotlighting Firewall and its ability to take complex political issues and translate it into something children are able to understand and engage with.

It meant so much seeing the children interested and curious about the film and its topics, especially on that day. ❤️‍🩹💛
Our director speaking at Harvard Law School last month about how the Islamic Republic shuts down the internet for more than 90 million people as a form of state control.

Iran has already spent nearly one-third of 2026 offline, with nationwide shutdowns cutting connectivity to as low as 1% of normal levels.

As we now surpass 2 weeks of the second major internet shutdown this year, access to basic information, especially as bombs fall and families try to reach one another, is critical for safety and survival.

For the Iranian diaspora, the inability to reach loved ones inside the country during war creates an unbearable level of anxiety. In the modern world, where connection is instant, this is a form of psychological torture.

Silencing an entire nation does not PROTECT people.
It HIDES what is happening to them.

Turn the internet back on in Iran ‼️
Regime change in Iran ‼️

#FreeIran #InternetFreedom #HumanRights #digitalblackoutiran
Firewall (2025)

This scene has been hitting a lot harder recently 😔❤️‍🩹

#digitalblackoutiran #iran
Last night’s Q&A in Philly.

Waking up this morning, I feel every emotion.

I wish there were answers beyond the reality we’re living in. I wish one day for Iran to be free from the shackles of this monstrous regime and free from any outside intervention. I see a light at the end of this dark tunnel where Iran is strong and fair and equal and free. I choose to hold on to that hope. I cannot tell you how to get there because I’m not a political strategist, I’m an artist, and I hope one day the world will listen to its poets more than its politicians.

All I can do now is continue sharing my art and creating space for us to sit with, question, and navigate these incredibly difficult times together.

Thank you for moderating
Thank you for hosting
Firewall (2025)

Two years ago, I began writing Firewall. I set out to reimagine the legend of Zahhak the Serpent King in a modern-day Texas setting. Blending my Iranian and Texan identities in my work has always been important to me, and bringing our epic stories to the screen felt urgent, because I believe there is a massive lack of representation for us on the big screen. Many of you followed me on my independent filmmaking journey.

Unfortunately, I could never have imagined how painfully relevant this story would become today.

Firewall draws from the realities Iranians have endured for decades under the Islamic Republic. It is a story many of us know all too well. Separation from loved ones, anxiety and pain, perpetual waiting, hopelessness while we watch severe human rights violations happen from afar, and most recently, total internet blackouts during which peaceful protesters were massacred in silence.

Ani’s story is my story. It is the story of so many in the diaspora. It is about growing up between two worlds, carrying both love and grief for a homeland you cannot safely return to.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

Upcoming Screenings:

Philadelphia — Vox Populi
🗓 2/27 at 7 PM with

NYC — Scandinavia House
🗓 2/28 at 12:30 PM
New York International Children’s Film Festival (tickets in bio)

Yale University
🗓 3/3 at 8 PM
FIREWALL OFFICIAL TRAILER 💛

FIREWALL follows Ani, an Iranian-American girl in Texas longing for her father, lost and unreachable due to an internet firewall in politically turbulent Iran. When her father mysteriously returns, ancient Persian mythology intertwines with her reality, forcing her to confront the demons that have kept her from finding peace.

UPCOMING SCREENINGS:

New Orleans Film Festival: WORLD PREMIERE
Saturday, October 25th at 12:15 pm
The Broad Theater

Khale’s House - Los Angeles
“Sneak Peek” of Firewall
Saturday, October 25th at 7 pm
Midnight Books, LA

Persian Autumn Festival “Mehregan” in San Antonio:
“Sneak Peek” of Firewall
Saturday, November 8th at 2 pm
San Antonio Public Library

St. Louis Film Festival: OFFICIAL SELECTION
Sunday, November 9th at 5:30 pm
Greenfinch Theater

💛💛💛💛

bita . بیتا's engagement

bita . بیتا's engagement rate on Instagram is 34.41%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 3 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 79 to 1, with 7,372 likes and 93 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

Engagement rate

34.41%

Avg likes
7.4K
Avg comments
93
Interactions : followers
1 : 3

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Who is bita . بیتا?

bita . بیتا (@coolstorybita) is a Film Director creator on Instagram, also filed under Photography & Video. bita . بیتا carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for bita . بیتا runs to 16 words across 2 lines.

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bita . بیتا has 18,795 followers on Instagram (18.8K). bita . بیتا follows 3,774 accounts, so the audience is roughly 5 times the size of the list followed. 299 published posts give bita . بیتا a moderate archive on Instagram.

What is bita . بیتا's engagement rate?

bita . بیتا's engagement rate on Instagram is 34.41%, over 6%, more than 6 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 3 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 79 to 1, with 7,372 likes and 93 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

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Flinque files bita . بیتا under Film Director, with Photography & Video as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for bita . بیتا, 5 are carousels and 5 are videos. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for bita . بیتا repeatedly use the words firewall, iran, internet, been and world. bita . بیتا's captions carry hashtags such as #digitalblackoutiran, #freeiran and #internetfreedom. bita . بیتا writes those captions mainly in English. bita . بیتا keeps 3 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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