The “Qashqai Female Voices” project, initiated and curated by ethnomusicologist Yalda Yazdani, takes a new look at the rich but marginalized culture of Qashqai women in southwest Iran in a series of events – so far at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum.
Programme
Documentation, Wednesday, May 29th, 2024, 19.00 hrs
An Owl, A Garden And The Writer (جغد، باغ و مرد نویسنده )
Mahmud Dolatabadi is one of the best-known and most important prose writers of our time. Translations of his books reach a worldwide readership and yet some of his most important works are not allowed to be published in Iran.
Feature film, Thursday, June 6th, 2024, 19.00 hrs
My Favorite Cake (کیک محبوب من)
Seventy-year-old Mahin has lived alone since the death of her husband and is connected to her daughter and grandchildren in Europe via Ipad.
Feature film, Thursday, June 6th, 21.15 hrs
Won’t You Cry (چرا گریه نمیکنی؟)
A man loses the ability to cry after the death of his younger brother. Grief, depression and the separation from his wife plunge him into a crisis.
Feature film, Friday, June, 7th, 2024, 19.00 hrs
The Great Yawn Of History (خمیازه بزرگ)
Beitollah calls in a group of men willing to work via a newspaper advertisement and recruits the least religious of them, Shoja.
Documentation, Friday, June 7th, 2024, 21.15 hrs
And, Towards Happy Alleys (به سوی کوچه های خوشبختی)
For her research work on “Censorship in Iran”, Sreemoyee Singh, originally from India, travels to Iran.
Documentation, Saturday, June 8th, 2024, 17.00 hrs
Meteor (ستاره دنباله دار)
Sohrab Shahid Sales (1944-1998) is one of the pioneers of the new Iranian cinema. Less well known is his role within the new German cinema.
Feature film, Saturday, June 8th, 2024, 19.00 hrs
The Sun will Rise (آفتاب می شود)
Tehran, October 2022: During rehearsals for a production of Aristophanes’ “Lysistrata”, protests break out on the streets of Tehran and security forces take action.
Short films, Saturday, June 8th, 2024, 21.15 hrs
Short Films – a non-representative selection
Iran is always more and different than the image of it conveyed by the media; the short film offers the opportunity to get to know a wide variety of themes and perspectives, locations and artistic styles.
Documentation, Sunday June 9th, 13.00 hrs
Journey to Yazdegerd Castle (سفر به قلعه یزدگرد)
Mohammadi portrays an enthusiastic connoisseur of Iran: until the revolution of 1978, the British-Canadian archaeologist Dr. Edward Keall undertook expeditions to explore ancient Zoroastrian temples of the late-antique Sassanids.
Documentation, Sunday June 9th, 2024, 15.00 hrs
Maydegol (میدگل)
It is estimated that up to six million Afghan refugees are living in Iran. 15-year-old Maydegol dreams of becoming a professional Muay Thai boxer.
Documentation, Sunday, June 9th, 17.00 hrs
What Did You Dream Last Night, Parajanov? (دیروز چه خوابی دیدی پاراجانف؟)
Up to eight million Iranians live in the diaspora and are connected to their loved ones at home via Skype, Zoom and WhatsApp.
Feature film, Sunday, June 9th, 2024, 19.00 hrs
Critical Zone (منطقه بحرانی )
On the highways of Tehran at night, Amir supplies the city’s lonely souls with drugs to give them a little relief.