LAST OF THEM
FESTIVAL RUN 2025
Deep in the Amazon, the Xikrin carry their rituals into a new era. A 17-minute 360° journey, voiced by Peter Coyote.
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README.txt
We produce original creations.
We work with selected brands.
We have soul.
DIRTY BACON · independent production house · Geneva, est. 2015
films · immersive worlds · AI-native pipelines
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SEPIDEH
IN PRODUCTIONA feature film built scene by scene across real sets and neural engines.
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RELIFE
IN DEVELOPMENTGiven months to live, Caroline burns her old life to the ground. Freedom becomes the cure.
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ZONA NORTE
PRELUDE OUTA Tijuana fever dream, generated end to end with Sora.
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TOURIST TAX
AI SHORT · 2025One night out. Everyone pays.
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AI ACADEMY
OPENS 2026Training the next wave of filmmakers on AI-native pipelines.
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FILMS
Dirty Bacon: films and productions. Independent production house in Geneva.
DIRTY BACONFILMOGRAPHY · SELECTED
Last of Them
COMPLETED 2025 · VOICED BY PETER COYOTE · FESTIVAL CIRCUIT AHEAD
Deep in the Amazon, the Xikrin people live at the intersection of tradition and modernity. Their rituals persist: echoes of cultural memory, a spiritual thread that endures through time.
Terrain
WORLD PREMIERE · VENICE VR EXPANDED · 77TH BIENNALE DI VENEZIA
Expanded cinema where dance, documentary and 360° immersion share one stage. Shot through a fisheye: the lens that became our signature.
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Current slate lives in · Earlier works by Salar Shahna, director: Human Race 3D (2012) · The Bakery (2013). See SALAR.bio
CLIENTS.work
Selected brands and live productions. We keep the soul in commercials too.
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YE · CONCERTconcert film · live coverageDELIVERED
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UNIVERREVR film · Swiss glassmakers, ValaisDELIVERED
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MATISAbrand film · rail engineeringDELIVERED
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COMBAT DES REINESlive capture · Inalpe de Corbyre, Crans-MontanaLIVE · 2021
Brand work is scoped quietly and shot loudly. Ask us.
FLESH_TRASH_HEAT.mov
A summer day in Geneva. 5,300,000+ views and counting · performance by Salar Shahna · @DirtyBacon
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SALAR.bio
Salar Shahna
Founder & producer · cinema, XR, AI
Born in Tehran, raised in Geneva. Producer for cinema and VR, founder of the World XR Forum, and a trailblazer at the crossroads of art, technology and business: from festival screens to neural networks. His street performance Flesh Trash Heat has drawn 5.3M+ views.
| 2011·14 | Rita Productions, Geneva (before Dirty Bacon): production & transmedia on My Life as a Zucchini, producer on Miss Ronde, La Faute à Rousseau (RTS) |
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| 2012·13 | Directs Human Race 3D, first French-Swiss 3D short, and The Bakery |
| 2015 | Founds Dirty Bacon |
| 2016 | Founds the World VR Forum, Crans-Montana · recognized by the ITU (UN) · founding member, Global VR/AR Alliance |
| 2019 | The forum becomes World XR Forum, world's first competitive VR festival |
| 2020 | Terrain world-premieres at Venice VR Expanded |
| 2021 | Launches SP3CE, NFT art gallery |
| 2025 | Produces Last of Them, 360° VR in the Amazon, voiced by Peter Coyote |
| Now | AI-native slate: Sepideh, Zona Norte, AI Academy · business development at Sensoryx |
CONTACT.tel
Co-productions, brands, festivals, press. Or just to argue about the future of film.
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GENEVA · 46°12′N 6°09′E
SUPPORTED BY & SELECTED AT
OFC · CINÉFOROM · RTS · LA BIENNALE DI VENEZIA · WORLD XR FORUM · SIF FONDS MÉCENAT · ITU/WSIS
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