Caveh Zahedi Movies

This tersely lyrical meditation on sex and gender roles from Joanna Arnow features two fed-up mermaids lounging on a beach, drinks in hand, as they...

Unfinished video diary

Found footage film based on a real phone conversation.

From 2002 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Bill Brown.

A creative edit of a Christian new wave rock band made by Caveh Zahedi in 1988.

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

Experimental short edit of Talking Heads' "Pull Up the Roots" set to looping footage from Charlie Chaplin's The Adventurer (1917).

Zahedi’s acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards

Caveh Zahedi looks for the grave of Joyce Hunter, a figure of infatuation for the artist Joseph Cornell.

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

From 1987 to 1990, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Gary Green.

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

A mockumentary examination of Shakespeare's greatest tragedy using "breaking news" style interviews and commentary.

Test scenes shot for an aborted adaptation of Maurice Blanchot's Thomas the Obscure.

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

A mother and daughter disagree about whether to put their dying dog to sleep.

From 1996 to 1999, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Jay Rosenblatt.

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

Another meditation on loss.

From 2001 to 2005, filmmaker Caveh Zahedi corresponded in a series of video-letters with his friend Matthew Weiss.