Empty Frames • Directed by Haideh Moradi • Iran

Based on the life of Asghar Javid, a filmmaker based in Ardabil, Iran, whose work has never been properly recognized, Empty Frames delves into the efforts and accomplishments of an artist who diligently persevered for many decades. This documentary incorporates interviews with Javid’s wife and son, as well as with various figures in the film industry such as Zaven Ghokasian, Kianoush Ayari, Mohsen Ali-Akbari, and Farhad Ghaemian, who discuss the anthropological perspective of Javid’s cinema and how it addresses both regional and religious culture without using propaganda.

Moradi guides us through Asghar Javid’s life, giving focus to his cinephilia and the years he spent filmmaking, producing, and honing his cinematography. This film celebrates his life by revealing Javid’s impeccable artistic creativity to the world.

Part of Three by Haideh Moradi. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com.

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Empty Frames • Directed by Haideh Moradi • Iran

Based on the life of Asghar Javid, a filmmaker based in Ardabil, Iran, whose work has never been properly recognized, Empty Frames delves into the efforts and accomplishments of an artist who diligently persevered for many decades. This documentary incorporates interviews with Javid’s wife and son, as well as with various figures in the film industry such as Zaven Ghokasian, Kianoush Ayari, Mohsen Ali-Akbari, and Farhad Ghaemian, who discuss the anthropological perspective of Javid’s cinema and how it addresses both regional and religious culture without using propaganda.

Moradi guides us through Asghar Javid’s life, giving focus to his cinephilia and the years he spent filmmaking, producing, and honing his cinematography. This film celebrates his life by revealing Javid’s impeccable artistic creativity to the world.

Part of Three by Haideh Moradi. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com.

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Double Feature: Fatherland

Harat • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2007 • Iran & Afghanistan &

7 Veils • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2017 • Afghanistan

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We here at Docunight offer our sincerest condolences to Sepideh Farsi, on the recent passing of her father. Our hearts and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

Double Feature: Fatherland

Harat • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2007 • Iran & Afghanistan &

Following the director’s journey from Paris to Harat, Afghanistan, Sepideh Farsi’s documentary is a meaningful look at her time traveling with her daughter and father to see their family. Stopping in Baku, Tehran, Mashhad, and Ardameh before eventually reaching Harat, the group meets with various members of their family who reveal family stories and, through them, examples of their own unique cultures and customs. By weaving together stories about her father and his relatives with glimpses of beautiful cities, Harat tells a simple, linear story illustrated with the unique identities of different cities. Imbued with warmth and humanity, Sepideh Farsi’s observational examination in this personal travelog is unassumingly absorbing and portrays realistic, unfailingly human personalities. By mainly focusing on her daughter and how she perceives the world, this unobtrusively patient documentary paints the portrait of a family using stories gathered from different cities. It is a testament to the ordinary life, and through Farsi's simple yet exquisite film one can see glimpses of a better world.

The double feature “Fatherland” is now live on Docunight. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com

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We here at Docunight offer our sincerest condolences to Sepideh Farsi, on the recent passing of her father. Our hearts and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

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Double Feature: Fatherland

Harat (1) • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2007 • Iran & Afghanistan &

Following the director’s journey from Paris to Harat, Afghanistan, Sepideh Farsi’s documentary is a meaningful look at her time traveling with her daughter and father to see their family. Stopping in Baku, Tehran, Mashhad, and Ardameh before eventually reaching Harat, the group meets with various members of their family who reveal family stories and, through them, examples of their own unique cultures and customs. By weaving together stories about her father and his relatives with glimpses of beautiful cities, Harat tells a simple, linear story illustrated with the unique identities of different cities. Imbued with warmth and humanity, Sepideh Farsi’s observational examination in this personal travelog is unassumingly absorbing and portrays realistic, unfailingly human personalities. By mainly focusing on her daughter and how she perceives the world, this unobtrusively patient documentary paints the portrait of a family using stories gathered from different cities. It is a testament to the ordinary life, and through Farsi's simple yet exquisite film one can see glimpses of a better world.

The double feature “Fatherland” is now live on Docunight. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com

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We here at Docunight offer our sincerest condolences to Sepideh Farsi, on the recent passing of her father. Our hearts and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

#SepidehFarsi #Harat #7veil #Fatherland #JustAdded #NowShowing #OnDocunight #IranianCinema #IranianFilmmakers #IranianDocumentary

Double Feature: Fatherland

Harat (2) • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2007 • Iran & Afghanistan &

Following the director’s journey from Paris to Harat, Afghanistan, Sepideh Farsi’s documentary is a meaningful look at her time traveling with her daughter and father to see their family. Stopping in Baku, Tehran, Mashhad, and Ardameh before eventually reaching Harat, the group meets with various members of their family who reveal family stories and, through them, examples of their own unique cultures and customs. By weaving together stories about her father and his relatives with glimpses of beautiful cities, Harat tells a simple, linear story illustrated with the unique identities of different cities. Imbued with warmth and humanity, Sepideh Farsi’s observational examination in this personal travelog is unassumingly absorbing and portrays realistic, unfailingly human personalities. By mainly focusing on her daughter and how she perceives the world, this unobtrusively patient documentary paints the portrait of a family using stories gathered from different cities. It is a testament to the ordinary life, and through Farsi's simple yet exquisite film one can see glimpses of a better world.

The double feature “Fatherland” is now live on Docunight. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com

•••

We here at Docunight offer our sincerest condolences to Sepideh Farsi, on the recent passing of her father. Our hearts and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

#SepidehFarsi #Harat #7veil #Fatherland #JustAdded #NowShowing #OnDocunight #IranianCinema #IranianFilmmakers #IranianDocumentary

Double Feature: Fatherland

Harat • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2007 • Iran & Afghanistan &

Following the director’s journey from Paris to Harat, Afghanistan, Sepideh Farsi’s documentary is a meaningful look at her time traveling with her daughter and father to see their family. Stopping in Baku, Tehran, Mashhad, and Ardameh before eventually reaching Harat, the group meets with various members of their family who reveal family stories and, through them, examples of their own unique cultures and customs. By weaving together stories about her father and his relatives with glimpses of beautiful cities, Harat tells a simple, linear story illustrated with the unique identities of different cities. Imbued with warmth and humanity, Sepideh Farsi’s observational examination in this personal travelog is unassumingly absorbing and portrays realistic, unfailingly human personalities. By mainly focusing on her daughter and how she perceives the world, this unobtrusively patient documentary paints the portrait of a family using stories gathered from different cities. It is a testament to the ordinary life, and through Farsi's simple yet exquisite film one can see glimpses of a better world.

The double feature “Fatherland” is now live on Docunight. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com

•••

We here at Docunight offer our sincerest condolences to Sepideh Farsi, on the recent passing of her father. Our hearts and thoughts are with you at this difficult time.

#SepidehFarsi #Harat #7veil #Fatherland #JustAdded #NowShowing #OnDocunight #IranianCinema #IranianFilmmakers #IranianDocumentary

Double Feature: Fatherland

7 Veils (1) • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2017 • Afghanistan

Sepideh Farsi’s 7 Veils is set in the culturally rich Afghanistan, a country that has been plagued by war and strife for many decades. In this film, Farsi takes a look at the ordinary people whose way of life remains difficult to understand for those living outside the country. Farsi’s goal is to lift up the veil that obscures the country’s true, compassionate heart, using images that are beautiful, aesthetically impressive, and transcendental.

From the experiences of a French ambassador; to the hardship of a political activist who has not been permitted to leave the country since 2013; to the words of a politician who discusses the role of the communist revolution in Afghanistan and its aftermath; to the American checkpoints in the city and the ongoing presence of soldiers, tanks, and helicopters; to the conversations with workers, veterans, taxi drivers, and the women who long for independence, this documentary is an unraveling, dizzying, and spectacular look at life in Afghanistan. It is a humane portrait of a country that longs to catch its breath amidst the lingering war.


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Double Feature: Fatherland

7 Veils (2) • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2017 • Afghanistan

Sepideh Farsi’s 7 Veils is set in the culturally rich Afghanistan, a country that has been plagued by war and strife for many decades. In this film, Farsi takes a look at the ordinary people whose way of life remains difficult to understand for those living outside the country. Farsi’s goal is to lift up the veil that obscures the country’s true, compassionate heart, using images that are beautiful, aesthetically impressive, and transcendental.

From the experiences of a French ambassador; to the hardship of a political activist who has not been permitted to leave the country since 2013; to the words of a politician who discusses the role of the communist revolution in Afghanistan and its aftermath; to the American checkpoints in the city and the ongoing presence of soldiers, tanks, and helicopters; to the conversations with workers, veterans, taxi drivers, and the women who long for independence, this documentary is an unraveling, dizzying, and spectacular look at life in Afghanistan. It is a humane portrait of a country that longs to catch its breath amidst the lingering war.


The double feature “Fatherland” is now live on Docunight. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com

#SepidehFarsi #Harat #7veils #Fatherland #JustAdded #NowShowing #OnDocunight #IranianCinema #IranianFilmmakers #IranianDocumentary

Double Feature: Fatherland

7 Veils • Directed by Sepideh Farsi • 2017 • Afghanistan

Sepideh Farsi’s 7 Veils is set in the culturally rich Afghanistan, a country that has been plagued by war and strife for many decades. In this film, Farsi takes a look at the ordinary people whose way of life remains difficult to understand for those living outside the country. Farsi’s goal is to lift up the veil that obscures the country’s true, compassionate heart, using images that are beautiful, aesthetically impressive, and transcendental.

From the experiences of a French ambassador; to the hardship of a political activist who has not been permitted to leave the country since 2013; to the words of a politician who discusses the role of the communist revolution in Afghanistan and its aftermath; to the American checkpoints in the city and the ongoing presence of soldiers, tanks, and helicopters; to the conversations with workers, veterans, taxi drivers, and the women who long for independence, this documentary is an unraveling, dizzying, and spectacular look at life in Afghanistan. It is a humane portrait of a country that longs to catch its breath amidst the lingering war.


The double feature “Fatherland” is now live on Docunight. You can watch this program and all our other documentaries by becoming a member via docunight.com

#SepidehFarsi #Harat #7veils #Fatherland #JustAdded #NowShowing #OnDocunight #IranianCinema #IranianFilmmakers #IranianDocumentary

The Land of Champions • Directed by Maryam Ataei & Hossein Keshavarz

The Land of Champions explores one of Iran’s oldest and most traditional sports, which takes place at a “house of power.” This sport is accompanied by the beating of drums and traditional singing in the worship of God. It is, indeed, a mixture of vigorous exercise and the affirmation of faith. Its importance does not necessarily relate to the sport as such, but in practicing it, the athletes foster a culture of brotherhood and community. The ritual of this sport is based on respect and humanity, and in the ring where the athletes perform, there is always talk of God. Ataei and Keshavarz masterfully capture the essence of this sport, the philosophy behind it, and the history that surrounds it.

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The Land of Champions • Directed by Maryam Ataei & Hossein Keshavarz

The Land of Champions explores one of Iran’s oldest and most traditional sports, which takes place at a “house of power.” This sport is accompanied by the beating of drums and traditional singing in the worship of God. It is, indeed, a mixture of vigorous exercise and the affirmation of faith. Its importance does not necessarily relate to the sport as such, but in practicing it, the athletes foster a culture of brotherhood and community. The ritual of this sport is based on respect and humanity, and in the ring where the athletes perform, there is always talk of God. Ataei and Keshavarz masterfully capture the essence of this sport, the philosophy behind it, and the history that surrounds it.

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The Land of Champions • Directed by Maryam Ataei & Hossein Keshavarz

The Land of Champions explores one of Iran’s oldest and most traditional sports, which takes place at a “house of power.” This sport is accompanied by the beating of drums and traditional singing in the worship of God. It is, indeed, a mixture of vigorous exercise and the affirmation of faith. Its importance does not necessarily relate to the sport as such, but in practicing it, the athletes foster a culture of brotherhood and community. The ritual of this sport is based on respect and humanity, and in the ring where the athletes perform, there is always talk of God. Ataei and Keshavarz masterfully capture the essence of this sport, the philosophy behind it, and the history that surrounds it.

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Docunight proudly presents its new program, Docunight Perspectives: Afghanistan.

Our new collection showcases documentaries either made by Afghan directors or about Afghanistan. Though these works span a diverse array of styles and present varying themes, they all may be classified as intrepid narratives. Now is a perfect time to reframe our lens and refocus on Afghanistan in a way that allows us to better comprehend the true weight of the calamity that has befallen this country, one with a fascinating history and rich culture that quickly became overshadowed and disrupted by war.

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The Forbidden Strings • Directed by Hasan Noori • 2019 • Afghanistan

The Forbidden Strings follows four musicians named Soori, Akbar, Mohamad, and Hakim, who form the Afghan rock band Arikain in Iran. Hasan Noori accompanies them as they journey from Iran to Afghanistan to perform in their first concert. While traveling from Kabul to Bamiyan, they have no choice but to go by car, despite the possibility of being attacked by the Taliban. Noori carefully constructs the scenes in a way that explores how these young musicians survive in two different countries, the first of which has denied them their dream to hold a concert, and the second which is constantly on the brink of war. Despite the many obstacles the band members face, their love of music is never lost or forgotten.

The personal lives and musical aspirations of these young people intertwine and collide as they try to maintain equilibrium between the two. The film captures the relentless struggle and incredible amount of effort put in by each of them in order to be seen and heard. The Forbidden Strings is an honest and daring film that cannot help but engage its audience. The four musicians give moving performances, and the result is dazzling and unforgettable.

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