29 Mar 2024
Sunday 28 December 2014 - 10:50
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Iran to host intl. meeting on documentary cinema and Iranian archaeology

TEHRAN --The National Museum of Iran will be hosting the 1st International Documentary Cinema and Iranian Archaeology Forum next week.
Organized by Irans Documentary and Experimental Film Center (DEFC), a selection of eighteen Iranian and foreign documentaries will go on screen during the three-day meeting, which will begin on January 5, DEFC announced in a press release on Saturday.

Unearthing the Lost Kingdom of Aratta by Olivier Julien from ARTE France, Persepolis, Stage of the Kings by Frieder Kasmann from Germany and Persepolis and Ancient Iran, a production of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, will be screened and reviewed during the event.

Iranian documentaries include Parnian directed by Orod Attarpur, The Hills of Marlik by Ebrahim Golestan, Persepolis by Fereidun Rahnama, The Hassanlu Bowl by Mohammadreza Aslani and I Am Darius by Vahid Baqerzadeh.

The Pottery Tale, an animation by Maryam Bayani has also been selected to go on screen on the first day of the meeting.

Filmmakers and experts from around the world are expected to attend and discuss the contributions of documentary films to Iranian archaeology.

A selection of articles on the science of archaeology and documentary cinema of Iran is due to be delivered during the event.

By Tehran Times

 

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