Saleh Kashefi

Director, Screenwriter, Editor, Producer

Email
thesalehkashefi@gmail.com
Website
filmsaaz.com
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Born in 1999 in Tehran, Iran. He is an underground audiovisual artist whose work takes a bold look at contemporary youth culture, making no-budget films that have been successfully screened at festivals including Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Locarno, Visions du Réel, IDFA and FID. A recipient of Prince Claus Seed Awards and a Master in Cinema graduate of the ECAL/HEAD, he has directed sixteen short films which have screened in over 150 film festivals worldwide and have won over thirty awards.

Filmography
(a selection)

Director

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi
2025
Wolfgang by Saleh Kashefi
2025
A Man Passes by the Soaked Trees by Saleh Kashefi
2024
Paléo, une odyssée 1976-2022 by Elias Jutzet, Flavio Luca Marano, Fei Fan, Sara Dutch, Loïs de Goumoëns, Lilith Grasmug, Anna Joos, Saleh Kashefi, Theofanis Papadopoulos, Jonathan Ospina, Antoine Scalese, Pablo Guscetti, Valentina Parati, Loris Ciaburri
2023
And how Miserable is the Home of Evil by Saleh Kashefi
2020
She Who Wasn't Tamed by Saleh Kashefi

Screenwriter

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi
2023
And how Miserable is the Home of Evil by Saleh Kashefi
2020
She Who Wasn't Tamed by Saleh Kashefi

Cinematographer

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi

Editor

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi
2023
And how Miserable is the Home of Evil by Saleh Kashefi

Location Sound Mixer

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi

Composer

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi

Producer

2025
Overture by Saleh Kashefi
2023
And how Miserable is the Home of Evil by Saleh Kashefi
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