Helsinki-Tehran
Saiyar Azar
Between places. Between people. Helsinki-Tehran is a cinematic study on immigration and memory – on the shared verbal and nonverbal knowledge and emotional understanding which travels with displaced people from one generation to another. The film uses various cinematic styles and techniques.
Production Year
2009
Duration
00:22:10
Type
Genre
Tags
generations,
identity (mental objects),
memories (mental objects),
migrants,
migration,
nonverbal communication,
sleep,
video art
Original Title
Helsinki - Teheran
Finnish Title
Helsinki - Teheran
English Title
Helsinki-Tehran
Production Countries
Finland
Dialogue
Yes
Sound
Yes
Cast
Azar Saiyar (Author), Sini Liimatainen (Cinematographer), Joonas Kiviharju (Cinematographer), Olli Leppänen (Cinematographer), Azar Saiyar (Director), Azar Saiyar (Editor), Taideteollinen korkeakoulu (Producer), Petra Virtanen (Producer), Azar Saiyar (Script), Dunja Saiyar (Actor), Azar Saiyar (Actor), Gerd-Peter Löcke (Actor), Aliakbar Saiyar (Actor), Salla Sorri (Actor), Hamy Ramezan (Actor), Aydin Saiyar (Actor), TAIKE (Funder), Suomen Kulttuurirahasto (Funder), AVEK - The Promotion Centre for Audiovisual Culture (Funder), VISEK (Funder), YLE/Sari Volanen (Producer), Sakari Luhtala (Sound Design)
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Azar Saiyar
Born: 1979
Azar Saiyar is a Helsinki-based filmmaker and visual artist. She often uses archive materials and plays with images and words of collective memory to look towards ways of looking, remembering and storytelling. Her films have been screened at international film and media art festivals, galleries, exhibitions, museums and broadcast on television.
10 works