Mohammad Bayesteh is a filmmaker and artistic researcher based in Trondheim, Norway, with nearly two decades of experience in cinema, expanded film production, and visual arts. As a director and writer, he has made 19 short fiction and documentary films, including The Forgiveness Trilogy, Blue is the Sky, Hege meets Diana, The Rabbit, Nardang (Docuseries), Brandenburg Mary, Silver, Soltanyeh Vault, and Standing; facing the wall and has worked as chief editor on more than 200 films. His research investigates how organising from below can activate co-operative story-telling by and for marginalised voices.