Career
While still in highschool during production of her first historical epic To Be Queen (2005), Lotfi"s first cinematic attempt to adapt the love-story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. In 2008 Lotfi revised the story into a surreal short Tudor Rose which went on to play at CineYouth International Film Festival
Daughter of an Iranian immigrant and Chinese-American, Lotfi favors cinematic adaptions that examine multi-cultural influences. The Last Bogatyr (2009) examines the Russian identity during the 1940s, while Lotfi"s animation Louisiana Mutacion de Fortune (2010) a poetic bio-pic of 15th century philosopher Christine de Pizan.
Lotfi began production in 2012 on another World World War II film Menschen (German word for "humans") which explores developmental disability in the last days of the war.
Menschen made its world premiere at Phoenix Film Festival in April 2013.
