Daniel Asadi Faezi
2021The Absence of Apricots
Daniel Asadi Faezi
A documentary fairy-tale about the struggle for identity in the Hunza Valley set in a village located in the Northern-Pakistan somewhere between the past and the future. A magnificent turquoise lake in between rough, steep cliff surrounds the small village. But the lake hasn’t been always there. One day, an enormous landslide blocked a river. In a few months, this river turned into a huge lake, which is now up to 30km long. Thousands of homes and fields were flooded. Entire villages disappeared forever. Thousands of people got dislocated and had to look for different places where to live. What is left are the stories of those that once used to live there which are passed on from generation to generation.
The Absence of Apricots
Where We Used to Swim
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Human influence set brought upon a devastating drought that the lake could not withstand. Today, just 5% of the original lake remains. Lake Urmia in Northern Iran was once the largest lake in the Middle East. Human influence set brought upon a devastating drought that the lake could not withstand. Today, just 5% of the original lake remains.
Where We Used to Swim
Arefi, der Hirte
Daniel Asadi Faezi
One would not expect less life than in the desert of central Iran. But there is one man facing the power of nature: Mohammad Arefi is a shepherd - body and soul. For more than two generations his family has been doing this demanding job. Every day he takes care of over 300 goats and sheep.
Arefi, the Shepherd
Kids of Tehran
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Skateboarding is still a new sport in Iran, which turns skaters into an exotic curiosity, watched sceptically on the streets. Joining two guys, Ali and Erfan, and one girl, Elham, on the skateboard “Kids of Tehran” explores not only the streets of Tehran but also the homes of these three skaters.
Kids of Tehran
observation of hawks in the sky
Daniel Asadi Faezi
Takatak is a dish and a profession. The sounds of the maker's knife and his movements merge into an aesthetic performance – a soundcarpet of natural and unnatural noise. The man gets distracted by the observation of hawks in the sky. They are gliding, they are chasing each other, they observe the world below them.
observation of hawks in the sky
