A GIRL WHO WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT was Amirpour's first feature. Read the full article on AICN You don't see a lot of Iranian vampire movies. You don't see a lot of Iranian westerns. You don't see a lot of strong female protagonists in Iranian films. And you certainly don't see a lot of Iranian films that were actually made in You could make the case that Ana Lily Amirpour's A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHT isn't an Iranian movie, given that Amirpour grew up in California and shot her film in Bakersfield and the surrounding areas.