Director Ana Lily Amirpour, who bears a somewhat similar resemblance to Sheila Vand (The Girl), actually performed the skateboarding sequences in the film for the the long shots. Amirpour is a lifelong skateboarder.
Masuka The Cat was not originally written in the script but Amirpour was so impressed by his skills that she put him in the film.
Shot in Taft, California despite the setting of the film being middle-eastern.
Director Amirpour's inspiration for Saeed "The Pimp" came from Ninja of the hip-hop group Die Antwoord.
Director Ana Lily Amirpour appears in the film playing Shirin, the girl with the skeleton makeup and shirt at the party. Although called "Shirin" in the party scene, in the credits she is listed as "Skeleton Partygirl."