Six Centuries, Six Years

Film portrays the endeavors of a group of Iranian master musicians who are trying to locate, restore and record a repertoire of compositions attributed to Abd al-Qadir Maraghi, a prominent composer who lived six centuries ago and greatly influenced the Middle Eastern classical music. During their six-year journey, the group is finally able to reassemble a major portion of these ballads by sifting through manuscripts and other documents deeply buried in the annals of Iranian and Turkish art history. Film follows these musicians as they rediscover forgotten music that deepens the roots of our music as far as six centuries.

• “Best Documentary Film” from 12^th Action On Film (AOF) International Film Festival, L.A., USA, 2-12 September 2016
• “Best Documentary Film” from 6^th London Iranian Film Festival, UK, November 2015
• “Best Music by Jury” from The Archaeology Channel (TAC) International Film and Video Festival, USA, May 2015
• Received the following 3 awards from First AHVAZ International Science Film Festival, February 2015:- “NETPAC (Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema) Jury Award for Best Film”, “International Jury Omar Khayyam Award for Best Film”, and “The University Professors Jury Award for Best Film”.
• Candidate for receiving “Best Film” award, received the Festival’s trophy and Honorary Diploma for “Best Research” from 8^th International Cinema Verite Festival; Tehran, December 2014
• Candidate for receiving 3 awards for “Best Documentary Film”, “Best Directing” and “Best Research”, as well as receiving “Honorary Diploma for Best Sound” from 16th Grand Ceremony of Iranian Cinema, House of Cinema, September 2014
• “Jury’s Special Prize for Documentary Film Section” from 32^nd Fajr International film Festival, Tehran, February 2014

• Tirgan Film Festival, Toronto, Canada, 27-30 July 2017
• 12^th Action On Film (AOF) International Film Festival, L.A., USA, 2-12 September 2016
• 6^th London Iranian Film Festival, UK, 30 Oct –7 Nov 2015
• A Review of Iranian Independent Cinema, Grenoble Cinematheque, France, 8-9 October 2015
• Iranian Film Festival – San Francisco, USA, 26-27 September 2015
• The Archaeology Channel (TAC) International Film and Video Festival, Eugene, USA, 15-17 May 2015
• 1^st AHVAZ International Science Film Festival, Iran,22 Feb –27 Feb 2015
• 8^th International Documentary Film Festival of Iran, Cinema Verite; Tehran,30 Nov –7 Dec 2014
• 16^th Grand Ceremony of Iranian Cinema, House of Cinema, Tehran-Iran, September 2014
• 11^th Tasvir Film Festival, Tehran-Iran,20 Feb –11 Mar 2014
• 32^nd Fajr International film Festival, Tehran-Iran,1 Feb –11 Feb 2014

• Archeology Institute of Tehran University, 16 October 2018
• UMine School of Performing Arts, University of Maine, Orono, USA, 24 February 2018
• Centre Cultural Seena, Montreal, Canada, 10 May 2017
• Iranian Cultural Society, San Diego, USA, 15 October 2016
• Middle East & North African Studies (MENA), Northwestern University, Chicago, USA, 10 October 2016
• Iranian Studies, Stanford University, San Francisco, USA, 6 October 2016
• 2^nd Cultural Festival: “New Sounds Of Iran”, Cologne, Germany, 14 November 2015
• Iranian Image Society of Vienna, Austria, 10 November 2015
• Avaye-Pars Cultural Society, Paris, France, 27 October 2015
• Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, Russia, 26 June 2015
• Near Eastern Languages & Civilization (NELC), University of Washington, Seattle – USA, 23 April 2015
• Center for Near Eastern Studies, UCLA, Los Angeles – USA, 3 May 2015