Amir Ganjavie is a Toronto‑based scholar, critic, and filmmaker. He holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture—specializing in film studies, utopianism, and Hegelian thought—and is completing a second Ph.D. in Philosophy at McMaster University focused on privatization, public space, and democracy. Fascinated by alternative and utopian spaces in both cinema and the modern city, he has published numerous peer‑reviewed articles and authored two books: one on utopia and another (in French) on walkable neighbourhoods.

Ganjavie recently co‑edited special issues on Iranian cinema for Film International and Asian Cinema, and edited Humanities of the Other: Essays on the Dardenne Brothers (in Persian). His film criticism appears in MovieMaker, MUBI Notebook, Senses of Cinema, Offscreen, Film International, and Bright Lights. He is editor‑in‑chief of Universal Cinema Journal and Phoenix Journal.

Active in the community, Ganjavie serves as CEO of the Cyrus International Film Festival and the Phoenix Cultural Centre of Toronto, and is a founding member of NaMaNa Cinema, a University of Toronto non‑profit film club. His filmmaking began with the co‑direction of Pendulum (2018), followed by the COVID‑era thriller Into Schrödinger’s Box (2021) with Nasim Naghavi. He has recently completed two new features: About Maya (also with Naghavi) and the solo project Perchance to Dream.