Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
| Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture | |
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 Documentary premiere at SOAS, London | |
| Directed by | Pejman Akbarzadeh |
| Produced by | Persian Dutch Network (Funded by Soudavar Memorial and Toos Foundation) |
| Edited by | Arash Rezaeimehr |
| Music by | Mohammad Shams |
| Distributed by | Persian Dutch Network |
Release date |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country | Netherlands |
| Languages | English Persian German Czech Iraqi Arabic |
Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture is a 2018 documentary film on the world's largest brick vault Taq Kasra. It is the first-ever film on this ancient Persian monument,[1] directed by Pejman Akbarzadeh.
Content
[edit]Taq Kasra was in danger of being destroyed by ISIS in 2015-2016, and this inspired Pejman Akbarzadeh to visit Iraq twice to film the arch and record its history.[2]
The following scholars have been interviewed in the film[3]
- Hossein Amanat (Persian-Canadian architect)
- Prof. Ed Keall (Former director of Royal Ontario Museum’s Near Eastern Department)
- Prof. Touraj Daryaee (Director of Jordan Center for Persian Studies, Univ. of California)
- Dr. Ute Franke (State Museums of Berlin)
- Dr. Vesta Sarkhosh Curtis (British Museum)
- Dr. Ali Mozaffari (Australian Research Council, Deakin Univ.)
- Dr. Mahmoud Mullakhalaf (Iraqi Ambassador to UNESCO)
- Dr. Qais Huseen Rasheed (Head of Iraqi State Board of Antiquities)
- Dr. Miroslav Zeman (ProjektyZeman, Prague)
- Prof. Robert Hillenbrand (University Of Edinburgh)
The 30-minute documentary is filmed in Iraq, Persia/Iran, Canada, Britain, France, Germany, Czech Republic and the United States.
Screenings
[edit]The documentary was premiered in February 2018 at SOAS, London and later screened at various conferences and museums such as the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology,[4] 8th Conference of 'The Association for the Study of Persianate Societies' (ASPS), Smithsonian Institution's Freer Sackler Galleris of Art in Washington DC, and the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne.[5]
Various North American universities, including the University of Texas and the University of Toronto have streamed the film on their server for educational purposes.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Film: Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture". Encyclopedia Iranica. January 2, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ "New Film on Ancient Persia". Payvand News of Iran. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ "SMF Exclusives: Taq Kasra: wonder of Architecture". Soudavar.org. February 5, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ "Opening Festival: Middle Eastern Galleries". Penn Museum. April 21, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
- ^ "Ctesiphon: An Ancient Royal Capital in Context". Smithsonian. September 15, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
- ^ "Taq Kasra : wonder of architecture / a documentary by Pejman Akbarzadeh". The University of Texas at Austin. December 4, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-04.