Director: Izabel Pakzad
Cast: Helena Howard, Bella Thorne, Zión Moreno, Chloe Cherry, Sophia Ali
Find Your Friends is a 2025 American thriller film directed by Izabel Pakzad, following a group of Los Angeles women whose weekend escape to the desert turns into something far more dangerous than they anticipated. At 92 minutes, it delivers tight, claustrophobic tension in an isolated landscape.
What is Find Your Friends about?
Amber convinces her four closest friends to leave the noise of Los Angeles behind for a long weekend in Joshua Tree. The plan is simple: disconnect, breathe, and remember who they are outside the city. But from the moment they arrive, something feels off. The locals eye them with suspicion, then outright hostility. What begins as an uncomfortable social situation escalates steadily as the women realize they have wandered into territory that does not welcome outsiders. Cut off from the familiar comforts of the city, old friendships are tested and survival instincts take over.
Cast & crew
Director Izabel Pakzad brings a confident hand to the material. The ensemble includes Helena Howard, known for her intense screen presence, alongside Bella Thorne, Zión Moreno, Chloe Cherry, and Sophia Ali. Israel Broussard, Blaine Kern III, and Zak Steiner round out a cast that keeps the tension credible throughout the desert setting.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Find Your Friends arrives as a lean thriller with a premise that taps into something universally felt: the discomfort of being an outsider in unfamiliar territory. That sense of not belonging, of being watched and unwanted, resonates deeply with immigrant and diaspora experiences. The Joshua Tree desert setting gives the film a stark, sun-bleached dread that feels removed from any metropolitan safety net. The film is in English with original audio — no Persian dubbing or subtitles — making it a natural pick for bilingual viewers comfortable with English-language genre cinema.
Where & how to watch
Find Your Friends is available on K-Time in original English audio without Persian dubbing or subtitles. Watch on the web, your TV, or your phone from anywhere in the world — no VPN needed, no geo-blocking, and no extra download required. Cancel anytime.