TransAsia Express
Switzerland, July 2008
FILM,
Documentary,
78 min.
- 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.
credits
- 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
World Sales / World Rights
- World Rights
- Flim Film Productions
Worldwide Distribution
- Switzerland
-
Docufactory GmbH
Distribution
Release date: tba
Festivals
(a selection)
-
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
19.01.2009 - 25.01.2009 -
Duisburg, Duisburger Filmwoche / vhs
03.11.2008 - 09.11.2008