Winner of Filmmaker Magazine’s “Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You” Award (2005), I Am a Sex Addict is an autobiographical comedy by director Caveh Zahedi, who tells his real life story of his struggle with sex addiction. The film opens with footage of a 43-year-old Caveh standing in a church alcove, just before he is about to get married for the third time. Caveh explains to the audience his past two marriages failed because of his addiction to prostitutes, a problem that he now claims he has overcome. Caveh proceeds to narrate the story of how his addiction started, flashing back to a re-enact-ment of himself walking down a street in Paris, encountering a prostitute for the first time. Then Caveh breaks the frame, telling the audience, “Actually, I wasn’t able to raise enough money to go to Paris, so I’m just going to shoot it here in San Francisco, which is where I live now.” What follows is the story of Caveh’s sex addiction – how it started, how it spiraled out of control, and how he was finally able to stop.

Caveh Zahedi is an American filmmaker who, with the release of I Am a Sex Addict, continues his tradition of simultaneously playing subject, object, author and performer in his own films. Using a blend of first-person narration, re-enactment and home movies, his work explores his internal life while navigating the external world. Zahedi’s next film will be an adaptation of James Joyce’s epic of modernist experimentation, Ulysses.

Producer: Greg Watkins, Caveh Zahedi, Thomas Logoreci Screenwriter: Caveh Zahedi Cinematographer: Greg Watkins Editors: Thomas Logoreci, Caveh Zahedi Music: Hilary Soldati Cast: Caveh Zahedi, Rebecca Lord, Emily Morse, Amanda Henderson, Greg Watkins, Olia Natasha, Corinna Chan, Stephanie Carwin