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The Female Voice Of Iran


World Premiere: 28.11.2020 on YouTube

The Female Voice Of Iran

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Feature documentary on female singers inside Iran:

Dealing with cultural censorship in Iran,
women singers started using also digital media more.

Invited by a magical entity,
female voices from all over the country
gather to make their dream come true:

"I want my voice to be heard."

TRAILER


CREDITS


Produced by
Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin


Directed by
Andreas Rochholl


Associate Producers
Yalda Yazdani
Sebastian Leitner


Film Editor
Sebastian Leitner


Research & Casting
Yalda Yazdani


Sound Mix
Alexander Semrow
Volker Wendisch


Cameras
Christoph Wieland
Andreas Rochholl
Sebastian Leitner


Sound Recordists
Daniel Weingarten
Lorenz Brehm


Special Thanks
Margaux Baleriaux
Clíodhna Ní Aodáin


Production Assistants
Daria Rochholl
Lorenz Brehm
Vida Yazdani


Executive Producer
Mona Isabelle


Main Characters
Baran Mozafari (Folk Singer, Persian Gulf)
Mina Deris (Arabic folk singer, Abadan)
Jamileh Amaniyan (Turkeman folk singer, Gonbad)
Mahya Hamedi (Jazz singer, Teheran)
Shadi Behyar (Pop Singer, Mahabad)
Samin Ghorbani (Azari folk singer, Ardabil)
Maliheh Moradi (Classical Iranian singer, Tehran)
Haleh Seyfizadeh (Classical Iranian singer, Tehran)
Maedeh Tabatabaei (Classical Iranian singer, Esfahan)
Sahar Zibaei (Kurdish folk singer, West Iran)
Masoomeh Gorginpour (Qashqai clan chief, Shiraz)
Atefeh Moghimi (Mazandarani folk singer, Caspian Sea)
Zohreh Gholipour (Classical Iranian singer, Tehran)
Jivar Sheikholeslami (Kurdish folk singer, Sanandaj)

Voice of Negar
Mina Deris


Music
Iranian folk music from 8 different ethnic groups
Classical Iranian music, Iranian Jazz- and Pop music
Live recordings from the music festival
“Female Voice of Iran” (Berlin 2017-2018)


Crowdfunding Supporters
Dr. Sepideh Abhari
Zeina Azouqah
Dorothea Dr. Baun
Saskia Baumgart
Ari Els
Mathias Forster
Ehsan Haghighat
Ulfert Hapke
Mandy M. Haupert
Simone Leona Hueber
Ipek Ipekcioglu
Mona Isabelle
David Jackson
Kimia Karajibani
Thiemo Kloss
Carlos Libedinsky
Wolfgang Mahns
Kirsten Mense
Irmtraud Niester
Ursula Niester
Farnaz Ohadi
Susanna Poldauf
Mascha Pörzgen
Regine López Rivas
Wolfgang Sachse
Gerald Schmickl
Angelika Schultz
Omid Shirazi
Eva-Maria Sommer
Olivier Vocat
Andrea Wilshaus
James Wylie
Neda Yaseri
Andrea Zaumseil
Conrad Zurbuchen

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