Yuna graduated from Tarbiat Modarres University in Tehran, Iran and has worked for Iranian National and International television and has produced documentaries for Iranian International Television. He was artistic director of the international section of the Tehran International Short Film Festival, where he also was head of the programming committee as well as being director of international affairs at Iranian Youth Cinema Society. He has organized several short film events inside and outside Iran. Since moving to Canada in 2019, he has been programming for Nostalgia (Italy) and Show Me Shorts (New Zealand’s Oscar qualifying film festival) as well as being a board member of international Short Film Conference since 2018. He is the director of Close-Up International Short Film Festival in Vancouver, Canada.
