Caveh Zahedi
While studying philosophy at Yale University, Caveh ZAHEDI (1960, USA) started making films and moved to Paris after graduation. After several failed projects in France, he moved to Los Angeles and enrolled in UCLA’s film school. Zahedi’s second feature film, I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore, premiered at IFFR 1995 and went on to develop a small cult following. Subsequent projects include In the Bathtub of the World (2001), a one-year video diary for which Zahedi recorded one minute each day and edited it down to ninety minutes, and The Sheik & I (2012), which premiered at South by Southwest (SXSW) and was named the best SXSW film that year by Film Comment magazine.
Filmography
(selection) A Little Stiff (1991, co-dir), I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore (1995), I Was Possessed By God (2000, short), In the Bathtub of the World (2001, video doc), Worm (2001, short, co-dir), The World Is a Classroom (2002, short doc), Underground Zero (2002), Tripping with Caveh (2004, short doc), I Am a Sex Addict (2005), The Sheik & I (2012, doc), The Show About the Show (2017, doc), How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally) (2020, doc)
More info: Caveh Zahedi
Caveh Zahedi at IFFR
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I don’t hate Las Vegas anymore
True-to-life comedy about a film-maker who has decided to put his faith in God to the test.
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How to Overthrow the US Government (Legally)
Hilarious, candid web show about how, together with their students, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi and activist Jacques Servin strive to change politics.
Bob Dylan Hates Me
Question: how awkward can you be when you meet one of your idols? Answer: very, but at least with some style. Screens before The Natives.
I Am A Sex Addict
There are other people who admit to visiting prostitutes, but they don’t dare show it in all its awkward details. In addition, Zahedi is very
Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day
Los Angeles just after WW II. Meticulous, atmospheric black & white film about John Lee, who is obsessed by trains.
