Hesam Eslami

Biography

Tehran-based filmmaker, directing and producing documentaries for international television and cinema since 2013. He earned his BFA and MA in Cinema from the Tehran University of Art. His recent work focuses on the margins of Iranian society, including 20th Circuit Suspects (Hot Docs, 2017), The Marriage Project (Visions du Réel, 2020), and A Band of Dreamers and a Judge (IDFA, 2023).