Jun/107
Trailer 2010 – TV Festival de Cannes
TV Festival is the official Cannes Film Festival TV Channel. 63rd edition of this international cinema meeting will be held from May the 12th through May the 23rd 2010. For 12 days, TV Festival will be broadcasting live and in exclusivity the highest moments of the event: Best of Opening and Closing Ceremonies, press conferences, photo calls, interviews and Red Carpets with all the selected official film casts as well as numerous short reports outlining the different facets of the Festival.
Apr/100
“The Poot”: Persian Carpet documentary (trailer)
Trailer of “The Poot”; a 2009 documentary about Persian handmade carpet by Elham Asadi. Selected and screened at Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festivals (IDFA). Interview with Elham Asadi @ Radio Zamaneh, Amsterdam (in Persian): zamaaneh.com تریلر مستند “پوت” (درباره فرش دستباف ایرانی) ساخته الهام اسدی IDFA writers: “Carpet weaving is one of the oldest trades in the Persian world, but just as with so many traditions, the craft is under fire these days. Many of the carpets that end up on the European market are mechanically manufactured in China or India, and the handicraft is becoming less attractive because people can earn more money in other occupations. The Iranian documentary The Poot reveals how in some places, carpets are still woven by hand. We follow the production process from start to finish, without explanation or comment, in a film that has the same visual magic as the Persian carpets it depicts. From the grinding of plants into powders of a dozen different colors and washing out the bales of wool in the river to the delicate, dexterous weaving and the smoothing out of the final product with a sharp knife. We see this all in deep, saturated colors, under the red morning light of the rising sun and with a razor-sharp eye for detail. In this way, the documentary provides a loving, romantic homage to an age-old tradition, one that is slowly but surely losing importance.” “