Filmsaaz

Saleh Kashefi (1999, Iran), known professionally as Filmsaaz, is an audiovisual artist from Tehran whose work offers a bold and direct lens on contemporary youth culture. Working primarily with no-budget filmmaking methods, Filmsaaz develops raw, performative films that circulate between fiction, documentary and self-representation. Their films have screened internationally at festivals including Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Locarno, Visions du Réel, IDFA and FID. They are a recipient of the Prince Claus Seed Award, an associated artist at L’Abri, an alum of the ECAL/HEAD Master programme, and currently enrolled at Le Fresnoy – Studio National des Arts Contemporains. Their films have screened at more than 200 festivals worldwide, receiving numerous international awards.

Filmography

The Three Letter Word (2017, short), Arian Said I Wanna Play Too (2018, short), A Pair of Horns on a Female Homo Sapiens (2018, short), And You, the Living Soul, You Over There (2018, short), Kim Kardashian in a Cat’s Eyes (2019, short), She Who Wasn’t Tamed (2019, short), The Turbulence Wasn’t Forecasted (2020, short), Awaiting Visa (2020, short), I Was Gonna Kill Myself but Instead I Made This Film (2020, short), Development (2021, short), Leaving Here and Her (2021, short), These Fruits Are Still Alive (2021, short), And How Miserable Is the Home of Evil (2023, short), The Mistaken Ones Make a Good Mistake (2023, short), A Man Passes by the Soaked Trees (2024, short), Overture (2025, short), Wolfgang (2026)

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