Caveh Zahedi Movies

Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.

Video diary shot during the making of Alexander Payne's Citizen Ruth

Caveh gets stoned with indie filmmaker Bob Byington whose film, Registered Sex Offender, he once acted in.

Caveh Zahedi's allegory about 9/11.

A meditation on loss

A man and a woman, unpleasant bickering nitwits both, push a big stupid metaphor (in the shape of a piano) across Seattle.

King of the Jews is a film about anti-Semitism and transcendence. Utilizing Hollywood movies, 1950's educational films, personal home movies and religious films, the filmmaker depicts his childhood fear of Jesus Christ. These childhood recollections are a point of departure for larger issues such...

This is the commissioned (and ultimately banned) film which Zahedi made for a biennial celebration. His The Sheik and I documentary is about his experiences making, and then dealing with the fallout stemming from having made, this film.

Part 1 of The Class About the Class - Caveh Zahedi's project made with his students at The New School.

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Caveh Zahedi to make a film.

A guy wakes up one morning to find a stranger in his bathroom who claims to be his son.

Another film that Toronto International Film Festival programmer Thom Powers would rather you didn't see.

The conclusion of Caveh Zahedi's group project with his students at The New School.

Fragments from a would-be abecedarium: E IS FOR ELEVATOR, J IS FOR JUMP, K IS FOR KISSING, M IS FOR MAGGOT and S IS FOR STRANGER.

The continuing saga of Caveh Zahedi's collaboration with students at The New School.

Caveh Zahedi tells the story of a contentious encounter with a college security guard, a story about a moment's lapse into racism. The film attempts to shed light on the mental process by which racism becomes internalized.