TransAsia Express

Switzerland, July 2008
FILM, Documentary, 78 min.

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directed by
Manuel Uebersax, Özay Sahin
Written by
Manuel Uebersax
Status
In distribution

Hemo is a musician who has embarked on a journey to Iran by train in order to have his old Persian string instrument repaired. The film accompanies him and his santoor, documenting the interesting, contradictory and entertaining reality of the stretch from Istanbul to Teheran. An interweaving of Hemo’s impressions of his first trip to Iran with the opinions of his fellow travellers and the railway staff, as well as Iranian television propaganda. The result is a complex collage – highlighted with Anatolian santoor music – in which freedom, religion, travel and Iranian-Turkish stereotypes are made the central theme.

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World Premiere
July 2008
Original Version
Kurdish, English, Turkish, Persian (german subtitles),  colour and b/w, Digi Beta, 78 min.
ISAN
0000-0002-095A-0000-A
Production
Flim Film Productions
Producer
Manuel Uebersax
directed by
Manuel Uebersax, Özay Sahin
Written by
Manuel Uebersax
Cinemato­graphy
Manuel Uebersax, Özay Sahin
Editing
Özay Sahin, Ginés Olivares, Manuel Uebersax, José Antonio Szabo
Sound Editing
Manuel Uebersax
Re-Recording Mix
Manuel Uebersax
Music
Ahmet Öztürk
Location Sound Mix
Manuel Uebersax

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World Rights
Flim Film Productions

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Docufactory GmbH Distribution

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