Afsaneh Salari (Persian: افسانه سالاری; born 8 November 1988) is an Iranian documentary filmmaker, editor, and producer.
The Silhouettes 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,[1][2][3] 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.
[8] She also recently contributed as a producer to the documentary film A Sisters' Tale (2024),[9] directed by Leila Amini.
[10] [11] [12] As an editor, Afsaneh has edited several award-winning feature-length documentaries, including An Owl, a Garden and a Writer and The Future Cries Beneath Our Soil.