Filmsaaz

Filmsaaz فیلمساز is a director, music producer and a DJ. Their latest album, murmur_politique, features engaging and politically charged queer sonatas, such as the experimental banger on est plus chauds que les hétéros (we’re hotter than straight people). At L’Abri, Filmsaaz wants to focus on their music production, without giving up on attending film festivals. Filmsaaz is a prolific multitasker, dividing their time between Geneva, Paris and Tourcoing.

Saleh Kashefi (1999, Tehran) also known as Filmsaaz is an audiovisual artist whose works bring a bold lens upon contemporary youth culture exploring topics of awakening from conditionings, the duality of the Islamic youth, queerness in toxic masculine cultures, questioning empathy by making personal ‘no-budget’ films which have gone on to be screened with international acclaim. They have been part of film festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Locarno, Visions du Réel, IDFA and FID. A recipient of Prince Claus Seed Awards, l'Abri associated artist, Master ECAL/HEAD alumni and currently enrolling in Le Fresnoy, Saleh has made 18 short films which have been included in over 200 film festivals around the world and have won 40 awards. Working under the pseudonym Filmsaaz as a visual artist, musician and DJ, having exhibited and performed in different venues around the world. Filmsaaz’s debut LP titled “harmony/disharmony” was released in April 2025 and their long awaited first feature-length film, the audiovisual opera “Wolfgang” is planned for release in the second half of 2025.