Seven years of documentary filming in an area where only seven people entered! Mehr News Agency Iran and world’s news
According to the Mehr correspondent, the documentary “Firebird” directed by Hojjat Taheri is in the competition section of the 5th Documentary Television Festival and will air on the Documentary Network tonight, September 14th.
Hojjat Taheri told Mehr about the subject of this documentary: In 1391, a number of semi-mature flamingo chicks were discovered by Abadan environmental officers who had been caught by poachers. Yourself Hunters They did not know the main breeding ground of flamingos, but the then head of the Abadan Environment Department and his colleagues after 2 years of continuous search for this لانهها Found that sign of زادگاهي New for this beautiful bird.
He continued: “The making of the documentary” Firebird “was formed after this incident. In fact, this documentary shows the efforts of a filmmaking group to capture unique images of the new habitat of Iranian flamingos.” Until now, the habitat of these birds in Iran was thought to be Lake Urmia, Fars and Sistan, and outside of Iran was also seen in Yemen. In the documentary “Fire Chicken”, a new habitat of flamingos was introduced for the first time in Iran and in Khuzestan province.
Taheri said about the naming of this documentary: “Through Red Blood and fire and of course the red wings of flamingos, in Persian they were also called Hosseini chicken and fire chicken, although in Latin the word flamingo itself comes from the root Flame meaning flame and that is why we chose this name.
Referring to the production process of this documentary, he said: The production of the documentary “Firebird” started almost in 1392 and after 7 years of filming Plans The final was completed in 1399. Limited time for flamingos to reproduce and maintain the eggs It was one of the reasons that made this documentary last longer. plus Therefore, each year, only two trips were provided for us, and we had to be ready for weeks in Khuzestan to coordinate and move these two trips. Shortage Office force Environment, hardship Way And the short breeding season was the group’s biggest obstacle to these trips. When the project started, only 7 people were able to enter the area.
Taheri with reference to longer to be “The cost of making wildlife documentaries is much longer, and it may take several years to produce a film,” he said. This is while in other genres it takes several months to make a film. plus Therefore, making wildlife documentaries is technology-driven and requires expensive tools and equipment. It is therefore necessary to have higher estimates for the production of these documents River. Of course many friends with this Estimates They have no problem, but they do not have much patience to make a wildlife documentary. Therefore, both the estimates should be higher and the managers should be more tolerant to reach the final output.
The director of the documentary “Firebird”, who has a long history in previous periods of the TV festival and has received 3 statues from the festival so far, said about this TV event: “This festival is very comprehensive. TV is a movie that has several million viewers. On days when most festivals are closed due to Corona, a television festival can fill the void. Of course, I have to say that TV has red lines and that’s it Opinion They are not like festivals. Of course, the reason for this is that His contacts more than. Perhaps this component will make the competition at the TV festival less intense.
The documentary “Firebird” will be broadcast tonight on September 14 at 8 pm on the Documentary Network and will be rebroadcast tonight at midnight and tomorrow at 9 am.
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