In this documentary, a young man’s family history is superimposed onto a Persian rug woven by his grandmother. Through the complicated weavings, the man relives the memories and events that he cannot seem to move past.
Documentary, Social Issue-History, 36 minutes, Persian w/English subtitles, Iran (2010)
Massoud Bakhshi was born in Tehran, Iran, and received his bachelors in Agriculture Engineering in 1995. He later studied filmmaking in Italy (1999) and Cultural Finance Formation in France (2005). He has worked as a film critic, screenwriter and producer. Bakhshi’s older film, Tehran Has No More Pomegranates was an official selection of Hot Docs 2008 and won numerous awards from various Iranian and international festivals.
- Nominated for Magic Hour Award, Planet Doc Film Festival (2011/ Poland)
- International Competition, Hot Docs Documentary Film Festival (2011/ Canada)
- International Competition, closing film, Zagreb Dox Documentary Film festival (2011/ Croatia)
- International and National Competition, Int’l Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (2010/ The Netherlands)
Director, Screenwriter and Producer: Massoud Bakhshi
Narrators: Ali Mosafa and Leila Hatami
Sound: Behrouz Shahamat
Graphic Designer: Reza Abedini
Research: Massoud Bakhshi, Tirdad Rad
Production Supervisor: Amine Delkhoshnavaz
Production Manager: Farhad Babaie
Music Archive: Ehsan Ehteshami, Homayoun Hamididan
Editing Studio: Eivareh Films
Sound Studio: Naghsh Studio, Kanoon Studio
Telecinema: Farabi Cinema Foundation
VPRO/Tegenlicht Commissioning Editors: Jos de Putter, Henneke Hagen