DIGGING MY OWN GRAVE: THE FILMS OF CAVEH ZAHEDI Caveh Zahedi, 2015 Catalog No.: FTF-050 A Factory 25 /// Fandor release /// with support from: Media Arts Assistance Fund CONTENTS A Little Stiff, 1990, 83 min: Zahedi and Watkins re-enact Zahedi’s unrequited love for a UCLA art student Dog Story 1988, 30 min A mother and daughter disagree about whether to put their dying dog to sleep Epiphanies 1989, 7 min Unfinished abecedarium Interview in Honolulu 2005, 5 min Patrick Park discusses his role in A Little Stiff ------ I Don’t Hate Las Vegas Anymore 1994, 74 min Zahedi tries to prove the existence of God Trip to Vegas 1990, 7 min The original roadtrip that the script was based on New England Cable News 1995, 3 min News story on the occasion of the film’s ill-fated theatrical release D 1997, 4 min A film about D. Montgomery, the sound recordist in Vegas ----- In The Bathtub of the World 2001, 80 min Zahedi makes a video diary, shooting one minute each day for a year I Was Possessed by God 1998, 26 min Zahedi takes 5 grams of hallucinogenic mushrooms Mandy’s Birthday 1999, 20 min Zahedi films his girlfriend for a day A Day in the Life of Greg Watkins 1999, 18 min Zahedi films the making of A Sign From God The First 5 Days of 2003 2003, 8 min Unfinished video diary ----- I Am A Sex Addict 2005, 98 min Zahedi tells the story of his ten-year struggle with sex addiction The Hotel Scene 2004, 15 min Making of the hotel room sex scene The Ecstacy Scene 2004, 11 min Making of the ecstacy scene The Mushroom Scene 2004, 11 min Making of the mushroom scene The Wedding Reception 2003, 7 min Documentary footage from the end of the movie Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You 2005, 3 min Zahedi’s acceptance speech at the Gotham Awards Unmaking of I Am A Sex Addict 2008, 6 min Animated short about a film shoot gone awry ----- The Sheik and I 2012, 104 min Commisioned by a Middle Eastern biennial to make a film on the theme of “art as a subversive act,” Zahedi makes a film that is banned for blasphemy Plot for a Biennial 2011, 40 min The original film that was banned I Was Blacklisted by Thom Powers 2012, 8 min Zahedi’s public response to Thom Powers’ behind-the-scenes attempts to blacklist The Sheik and I ----- I Was in a Film Starring Laura Dern 1995, 11 min Video diary shot during the making of Citizen Ruth The World Is A Classroom 2001, 14 min Zahedi’s allegory about 9/11 Tripping with Caveh 2003, 31 min Zahedi takes mushrooms with Will Oldham The Film Within the Film 2005, 7 min Yerba Buena Center for the Arts commissions Zahedi to make a film Dimitri in the Mud with Turquoise 2006, 11 min Zahedi takes DMT One Minute Racist 2007, 4 min Animated short that lost a “tolerance” contest Dada 2009, 2 min Focus Features commissions Zahedi to make a one-minute film about his one-year old to promote the film Babies You Have To Live Somewhere 2013, 4 min Found footage music video collaboration with Don Lennon Video Letters 1987-2005 Zahedi corresponds with friends Gary Green, Jay Rosenblatt, Thomas Logoreci, Bill Brown, and Matthew Weiss