Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture
Documentary premiere at SOAS, London
Directed byPejman Akbarzadeh
Produced byPersian Dutch Network (Funded by Soudavar Memorial and Toos Foundation)
Edited byArash Rezaeimehr
Music byMohammad Shams
Distributed byPersian Dutch Network
Release date
  • February 1, 2018 (2018-02-01)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryNetherlands
LanguagesEnglish
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

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

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

  1. ↑ "Film: Taq Kasra: Wonder of Architecture". Encyclopedia Iranica. January 2, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-17. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  2. ↑ "New Film on Ancient Persia". Payvand News of Iran. January 25, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-05-31. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  3. ↑ "SMF Exclusives: Taq Kasra: wonder of Architecture". Soudavar.org. February 5, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-06-20. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  4. ↑ "Opening Festival: Middle Eastern Galleries". Penn Museum. April 21, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-04-23. Retrieved 2018-05-25.
  5. ↑ "Ctesiphon: An Ancient Royal Capital in Context". Smithsonian. September 15, 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2018-09-21.
  6. ↑ "Taq Kasra : wonder of architecture / a documentary by Pejman Akbarzadeh". The University of Texas at Austin. December 4, 2021. Retrieved 2021-12-04.
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