A different narrative of gardens in a documentary / Gardeners who are books – Mehr News Agency | Iran and world’s news
Khadija Mousavi, the director of “Baghestan”, told Mehr reporter about the subject of this documentary, which is present at the sixth documentary television festival: “Baghestan” documentary is a different story about the gardens of Qazvin city, and with a different approach to this issue, it is about the importance of preserving and maintaining these gardens. talks.
Referring to the narrative form of this documentary, he said: I did not want to use repetitive forms for this issue. Brahmin The basis is with one of my artist friends who works in the field ofLand ArtI talked about (environmental art) activities and we put him as the narrator. In other words, the narrator of this film is a young artist girl who, using environmental art, tries to teach people about the culture of garden preservation and maintenance, and in this way culture building slow
The documentary maker added: One of the the most attractive The parts of this documentary are interviews with gardeners, some of them are like a culture book encyclopedias They were gardens. these people Old agethey gave information about the gardens that was really audible and when you enter their world, you realize that the garden is not just a tree and people’s culture is connected with it.
Mousavi said about his idea of making this documentary: As you know, the city of Qazvin is very rich in terms of history and in addition to natural attractions, it also has many historical monuments. So far, many documentaries have been made about this historical building, but less documentaries have been produced about its gardens; When the subject of this film was suggested to me, it was interesting and new to me, and I went for it.
The director of the documentary “Baghestan” said: “One of the main concerns about Qazvin is the destruction of the gardens of this city.” During recent decades, this city has gone towards modernization and now they are planning to build a bridge which will directly destroy part of these gardens. On the other hand, many gardeners are not satisfied with their business and the young generation has not continued this job either. All of these things have caused a great danger about these gardens, which are the lifeblood of the city.
He emphasized: As you know, due to the existence of gardens, Qazvin’s weather is much better than its surrounding cities, especially Tehran, but now these gardens are disappearing.
In the end, he informed about the production process of this documentary that they have been engaged in filming for nearly one and a half months.
Based on This report, the production factors of this 23-minute documentary are; Writer, director and editor: Sayeda Khadijah Mousavi, producer: Gol Andam safaridesigner Land Art: Zahra Ghiathund, cinematographer: Masoud Amirabadi and Asghar Nowrozi, sound operator: Amir Hossein Darzi, assistant sound operator: Peyman Fallah and production manager: Shadi the skull.