SEETÔ MEANS SPECIFICALLY FOR YOU IN THE LORESTAN DIALECT IN IRAN
SeeTo Productions is a multi award winner Canadian media company working internationally to produce high-quality film and media projects by bringing together talent that transcends borders. Our teams are composed of writers, researchers, production managers, editors, sound designers, cinematographers, and directors from diverse countries. Their expertise spans report packages, documentaries, and narrative features.
We actively pursue collaboration and creative partnerships. Recently, we have collaborated with Unchained Productions on the feature documentary Eye for an Eye and with OWHD Productions on the feature film Oh What Happy Days.!
VICE- IRANIAN FISHERWOMAN MAKING HISTORY
Produce / Cinematography
VICE- WOMEN IN ZOORKHOONEH
Produce / Cinematography
ARTE – Death in Malta Documentary
Direct / Cinematography
ARTE – Teaching the Nomads
Production Manager / Cinematography
VICE – Chemical Weapons
Produce / Cinematography
VICE on Showtime – Iran Maximum Pressure
Produce / Cinematography
VICE – JULA
Produce / Cinematography
Commercial – ROSSEN
Produce / Direct / Cinematography
PRESERVING TASTE
James Beard Nomination
NO JUSTICE IN AFGHANISTAN’S TALIBAN
News & Doc Emmy Winner
THE GOLDEN PEACH TREE
Gelareh Kiazand
Founder
Gelareh Kiazand is a producer and director of photography (DP) based in both Tehran and Toronto. Born in Iran, 1981, she graduated from Sheridan College in Toronto in 2003. She has lived and worked across the Middle-East including Dubai, Kabul, Istanbul and Tehran. After graduating, she began her film career working as a still photographer for renown directors such as Sinai, Framanra, Hatamikia and Kiarostami. Photos from these shoots were chosen to be exhibited at various galleries, MOMA Tehran and the Arles Photo Festival. After moving to Kabul in 2013, she began producing and filming hard to access stories for VICE. This lead her to produce and film in Kabul, as the 2nd unit for hollywood features such as WHISKY TANGO FOXTROT (Glenn Ficarra, John Requa), ROCK THE KASBAH (Barry Levinson) and WAR MACHINE (David Michod). In 2016, she was the DP for an Iranian cinematic film which earned her the title as the first female DP for a cinematic film in post revolution Iran. She’s also worked as the director of photography for two other feature narrative films made in Germany, China, as well as other feature docs for PBS, Arte and CH4. Other feature film projects include TEACHING WITH THE NOMADS (Louis Meunir) and co-shooting for CHASING ASYLUM (Eva Orner) and DESERT ONE (Barbara Kopple). You can watch her TEDxTehran talk online where she speaks of these human stories in various countries. www.gelarehkiazand.com
Katayoun Arsanjani
Co-Founder
Katayoun Arsanjani (b. 1977, Tehran, Iran) is an Emmy Award-winning documentary producer and director whose work centers on the complexities of contemporary life in Iran, especially for youth and women. Trained as a film director, she began her career in Iranian cinema as a script supervisor and first assistant director, working with filmmakers such as Bahman Farmanara and Masoud Jozani. Since launching her independent documentary practice in 2005, her films have screened at festivals including Sundance, Tribeca, YARI, and London Film Fest. She has collaborated on international productions for VICE TV and HBO, and produced documentaries such as Teaching with the Nomads, Desert One, and Preserving Taste (James Beard Award nominee). In 2019, she founded SEETO PRODUCTIONS INC., leading cross-border productions in Iran despite restrictive conditions—including a rare VICE News report following the “Women Life Freedom” uprising. Her most recent documentary project, An Eye for an Eye, premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival and received the Special Jury Mention and Best Edit.
