THE BEAUTIFUL LAND / DAS SCHÖNE LAND
50 min., Digital Video, German and Farsi with English Subtitles, 2006.
Selected Screenings: Reina Sofia Museum Madrid 2007, 3rd Guanghzhou Triennial 2008, Kunsthalle Nikolaj Copenhagen 2009
“The Beautiful Land” portrays a man tracing his family’s roots back to Iran, the country of his father. His original intention, to make a film about his family, soon becomes obstructed by doubts. A film about filmmaking containing the negation of the same.