Test scenes shot for an aborted adaptation of Maurice Blanchot's Thomas the Obscure.
Thomas the Obscure
Just moments before his third wedding, Zahedi relates with utter sincerity and astonishing candor his obsession with prostitutes. He retraces his...
I Am a Sex Addict
Independent Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi is trying to make a television show. He persuades BRIC TV, a Brooklyn non-profit Arts organization, to finance a...
The Show About the Show
Caveh is commissioned by Fandor to film awkward celebrity encounters at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival. This is a documentary about his time at the...
The Show About Sundance
When an American filmmaker is commissioned to make a film for a Middle East Biennial on the theme of 'art as a subversive act,' his film is banned...
The Sheik and I
The screen is split between 'documentary' and 'reenactment' for seven different scenes featuring Caveh Zahedi and his students.
Seven Exercises in Reenactment
A short documentary on the filming of the wedding scene in I Am a Sex Addict.
Wedding Reception
Filmmaker Caveh Zahedi receives a fan letter from a French singer living in Berlin. They begin an epistolary correspondence which graduates to Zoom...
Autobiographical Filmmaker Seeks Camera-Friendly Companion
Caveh gets stoned. Andrew doesn't.
Not Getting Stoned with Andrew Bujalski
Caveh gets stoned. Jon Jost doesn't.
Not Getting Stoned with Jon Jost
Caveh persuades Mandy and their couples therapist to let him film their sessions.
Couples Therapy
Caveh gets stoned with Alex Karpovsky.
Getting Stoned with Alex Karpovksy
Caveh gets stoned but Alex Ross Perry doesn't.
Not Getting Stoned with Alex Ross Perry
The prelude to The Class About the Class - Caveh Zahedi’s project made with his students at the European Graduate School in Malta.
How Not to Make a Film in Malta
Sophia's friends decide to leave so she can get stoned with Caveh and talk about interpersonal relationships, future plans, and a forwarded email.
Getting Stoned with Sophia Takal
A found footage video utilizing Buster Keaton's "One Week" with a song by Don Lennon.
You Have to Live Somewhere
A short documentary on the filming of the hotel scene in I Am a Sex Addict.
The Hotel Scene
Independent filmmaker Caveh Zahedi meets his childhood idol.
Bob Dylan Hates Me
In 2022, Caveh Zahedi decided to stage a production of James Joyce's Ulysses with barely any money and just a month to write, cast and rehearse....
Ulysses, New York
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...
The Art of Oversharing