Kaveh Tehrani
Kaveh Tehrani (b. 1978 in Tehran, Iran) is a Norwegian-Iranian filmmaker. He holds a bachelor degree in film and literature studies from the University of Oslo, along with a degree from the European Film College in Ebeltoft, Denmark.
Tehrani has written and directed the short films 1994 (2010), Victor (2014) and The Manchador (2019). He has won several awards at various international film festivals, and his films have also screened on BBC Persian and Norwegian National Television (NRK).
For 1994 Tehrani won the National Film Award Amanda for best short film.
Tehrani's films concern themselves with issues of national identity, diaspora and exile. His films use humour and satire to reveal the sometime absurd realities of being caught between different cultures.
