Caveh Zahedi Movies

This is the commissioned (and ultimately banned) film which Zahedi made for a biennial celebration. His The Sheik and I documentary is about his...

Caveh Zahedi connects with a vivacious French performance artist residing in Berlin, sparking an online romance. Fueled by their chemistry, they...

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

With longtime collaborators Greg Watkins (A Little Stiff) and Thomas Logoreci, the charismatic, experimental filmmaker Caveh Zahedi approaches...

From 1999 to 2000, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Thomas Logoreci.

Experimental short film by Caveh Zahedi featuring the music of Satie.

Caveh Zahedi's allegory about 9/11.

A collection of films produced at the New School between February and May of 2020. Caveh Zahedi's students were asked to make personal documentaries...

Experimental short film which uses execution footage and animation set to Kath Bloom's song 'Fall Again'

Experimental short edit of a sped up version of T. Rex's "Cosmic Dancer" set to looping footage from Charlie Chaplin's One A.M. (1916).

A Little Stiff is a 1991 minimalist comedy directed by Caveh Zahedi and Greg Watkins based on true events and re-enacted by the actual participants....

The story of how and why an American programmer tried to censor an Iranian-American filmmaker for making a film about censorship in the Middle East.

This tersely lyrical meditation on sex and gender roles from Joanna Arnow features two fed-up mermaids lounging on a beach, drinks in hand, as they...

Caveh gets stoned. Jon Jost doesn't.

Found footage film based on a real phone conversation.

From 1987 to 1990, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Gary Green.

Caveh Zahedi looks for the grave of Joyce Hunter, a figure of infatuation for the artist Joseph Cornell.

A creative edit of a Christian new wave rock band made by Caveh Zahedi in 1988.

The prelude to The Class About the Class - Caveh Zahedi’s project made with his students at the European Graduate School in Malta.

A mockumentary examination of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy using "breaking news" style interviews and commentary.