Afsaneh Salari

Afsaneh Salari (born 8 November 1988) is an Iranian documentary filmmaker, editor, and producer. She is known for directing The Silhouettes and producing The Forbidden Strings.

The Silhouettes received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 39th Fajr Film Festival. It also earned a Jury Special Mention for Best Documentary Feature at Visions du Réel, won the Next Award Prize at the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in 2021,  and received the Director's Choice of Young Talent award at the Iranian Film Festival Zurich.

Salari's documentary Great Are the Eyes of a Dead Father features Wim Wenders as a Creative Consultant. This project is part of the "A Sense of Place" initiative in collaboration with the Wim Wenders Foundation.

Salari holds a BA in film editing from the Tehran University of Art, a Master's degree in Creative Directing and Cinematography from the University of Paris 8, and a Master's in Documentary Directing from the DocNomads joint master's program.

She co-founded the Docmaniacs Film Collective in Tehran and established Docmaniacs Productions in Paris. Salari is also an alumna of the La Fémis documentary course, Berlinale Talents, and the IDFA Academy.