Gozaran - Time Passing
Frank Scheffer / NL, 2011 / 90 min.
Conductor and composer Nader Mashayekhi returns to Iran after 25 years to breathe new life into the Tehran Symphony Orchestra. He takes on the Herculean labour of raising the orchestra to an international level in a culture hostile to music. Screening in collaboration with Mahler Festival.
It was Persian avant-garde composer Nader Mashayekhi’s dream to play modern classical music in his home country Iran. His dream came true when he was asked to be the Tehran Symphony Orchestra’s conductor. Together with the much-censored musicians he tries to make the orchestra worthy of the international stage. In turn the music broadens the young musicians’ horizons, giving them hope and confidence.
After the 2009 elections, it became impossible for the orchestra to play in Teheran and Nader was forced to leave Iran. What will happen to his dream and to the young musicians he left behind?
Filmmaker Frank Scheffer recorded the passionate musicians while he rehearsed with the young musicians, wandering a desolate desert landscape and an abandoned village, looking for inspiration for new compositions and challenging performances, then later back in Vienna where he reminisces about his time in Iran.
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Director
Frank Scheffer
Production year
2011
Country
NL
Original title
Gozaran - Time Passing
Length
90 min.
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
NLD or ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye on Sound
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