[6] In 2019, he was the lead director, alongside Sophie Goyette, Juan Andrés Arango, Sophie Deraspe, Karl Lemieux, Ariane Lorrain and Caroline Monnet, of the experimental anthology film, The Seven Last Words (Les sept dernières paroles), set to the music of Joseph Haydn’s The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op.

[8] Nabatian's debut feature film, Sin La Habana, about an Afro-Cuban ballet dancer who seduces an Iranian Jewish woman in order to escape Cuba, premiered at the Festival du nouveau cinéma in 2020 before being commercially released in 2021.

[9] The film stars Yonah Acosta and was written in collaboration with Cuban hip hop producer Pablo Herrera.

[12] Nabatian’s feature documentary Kite Zo A: Leave the Bones, a sensorial exploration of Haitian rituals, premiered at the Festival du Nouveau Cinéma[13] in 2022, where it won the Prix pour la Paix Audience Award.

[15] He has also directed music videos for artists including Aurora,[16] Bell Orchestre,[17] Leif Vollebekk,[18] The Barr Brothers, Sarah Neufeld, Little Scream,[19] Lakou Mizik & Joseph Ray[20] and Half Moon Run.