Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Stephen Melichar
Caveh Zahedi resumes his acclaimed hybrid series, in which each episode examines the preceding one.
Festival Section:
Indie Episodic
Sundance Program Description:
Caveh Zahedi’s brilliantly self-reflexive series resumes with its much-anticipated second season, kicking off with Caveh and Mandy’s break up. Free to see other people, Caveh gets involved with a fan, but the pressure of having every aspect of their relationship made public causes that to erode as well. The show becomes a runaway train that Caveh struggles to keep from being derailed. We are delighted to premiere the first two episodes of the season.
Some Background:
Director:
Past Sundance docs:
BOB DYLAN HATES ME (short, animation/hybrid) (2016)
A SIGN FROM GOD (hybrid) (2000, producer/editor)
KING OF THE JEWS (2000, editor)
A LITTLE STIFF (hybrid) 1991)
Zahedi is known for his highly personal, meta approach to filmmaking, in which his films are often about their own making, and feature re-enactments with people playing themselves or semi-fictional versions of themselves, including Zahedi himself.
Producer:
Isham is BRIC’s executive producer. He has produced nonfiction series for History, Discovery, A&E, and NatGeo. This marks his first Sundance project.
Editors:
Past Sundance docs:
BOB DYLAN HATES ME
This marks Kaiser and Conley-Currier’s first Sundance credit.
Why You Should Watch:
Zahedi’s series is creative and continually entertaining, knowingly playing within the borders of fact and fiction, and skirting the line between therapeutic confessional and cringe comedy.
More Info:
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