Experiencing Interruptions?

THE OPENINGS


We, like two openings facing
aware of any of each other’s ramblings.
Everyday, salutation, amenities and laughter,
everyday, a tryst for tomorrow,
life, a mirror of heaven, but…alas
shorter than the night and days of June and December
now my heart is broken and tired,
because one of the openings is shut.
Neither the sun did sorcery nor the moon magic,
Curse be upon the journey, he did it all – everything that happened.

Mahdi Akhavan Saless, (Mim-Omid)
Tehran, December 1957

  • Nima B. Djavidani
    Director
  • Avishan Taghvashoar
    Producer
  • Milimo Hamane
    Key Cast
  • Zack Peyman
    Assistant Director
  • Pari Zanganeh
    Vocal
  • Mahdi Akhavan Saless
    Poem
    Winter (Zemestān زمستان, 1956)
  • Nima B. Djavidani
    Director of photography
  • Nima B. Djavidani
    Montage
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    دریچه ها
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    April 3, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Cyprus
  • Country of Filming:
    Cyprus
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    Yes - EMU
  • The Fine Arts Film Festival Califorrnia
    Venice, California
    United States
    June 10, 2022
    Music/Performance Video
    Official Selection
  • Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival
    Toronto, Ontario
    Canada
    June 18, 2022
    Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival 919 Bay Street
    Musical Film & Music Video Submission official selection
  • Motion Pictures International Film Festival
    Calgary
    Canada
    November 16, 2022
    Poetry films category
    Official selection
  • The SOUND ON SCREEN film festival
    Cape Town
    South Africa
    March 31, 2023
    SOUND On SCREEN Music Film Festival
    Official selection
Director Biography - Nima B. Djavidani

Nima began his career path in the late 90s with an Olympus Om2 negative photo camera when there where only film cameras. He worked as an assistant photographer at his friend's photo studio for three years before he became a freelance photographer. With his Hasselblad medium format he specialised in studio photography and practiced fine art photography. Other than advertising and architectural photography he has conducted around a dozen conceptual photo exhibitions held in well-known galleries inside and outside of Iran.
After fifteen years in Iran's competitive commercial photography industry, he began studying film theory and practice in academia to broaden his field of expertise. With his background in photography during the course of his studies he created a series of video art and experimental short films which were recognised in many festivals in Europe, Canada, Chile, and the United States. He got his Bachelor of Arts in TV and film studies at eastern Mediterranean university and is currently living in Cyprus.

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Pari Zangane is an Iranian opera singer born in 1939. She composed 'The Openings' at the age of 32 in 1974 after having lost her sight in a car accident in 1971. 'The Openings' was published in 1975 as a part of 'Avaz Haye Emruz' (Today's Songs) album by the Institute for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults.
Mahdi Akhavan Sales (1928 - 1990) is an Iranian poet and writer. His works revolve around social and individual concepts.