Kaveh Bakhtiari (born in 1979) is an Iranian cinematographer, editor and film director based in Switzerland. Bakhtiari has directed 8 short films that have been selected in more than two dozen festivals. He has garnered notable attention and won many awards for his 2007 short film La Valise screened at many festivals. In 2013, Kaveh Bakhtiari made his feature-length film debut with Stop-Over, a documentary tackling the plight of illegal Iranian immigrants in Athens. Stop-Over was selected for Di ...rectors Fortnight, Cannes Festival 2013 and nominated for the European Film Awards 2013 amongst other festivals. In 2014, Bakhtiari won two awards for Stop-Over at the Montr