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The Female Voice of Iran • Free full documentary (2020)

by CrossGeneration Media

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Published 28 Nov 2020

Independent Feature documentary about female singers inside Iran and their deep wish: "I want my voice to be heard". Watch the full film with different subtitle languages available (access via the ☸ player settings) →Watch our 'Behind the Scenes'- Video: /watch/clhVWqnQp13QV Dealing with cultural censorship in Iran, women singers started using digital media more. Invited by Negar, a magical entity, female singers from all over this vast country come out of isolation, gather in a place in the very middle of Iran to make their dream come true. Nobody has tried this before, so Negar seeks the help of two travellers to connect them all to eachother. Along the way they meet surprisingly strong female personalities of diverse cultural backgrounds and come closer to understanding the orient… 00:00 Intro 04:25 Persian Gulf, Bushehr with Baran Mozafari (Folk singer) 14:34 Bustrip Ardabil to Gonbad-e-Kavus, Turkeman region with Samin Ghorbani (Azari folk singer) 17:24 Gonbad-e- Kavus with Jamileh Amaniyan (Turkeman folk singer) 24:17 Tehran with Haleh Seyfizadeh (Classical Iranian singer) 28:28 Abadan, South of Iran with Mina Deris (Arabic folk singer) 34:53 Tehran with Maliheh Moradi (Classical Iranian singer) 36:57 Kermanschah, West Iran with Sahar Zibaei (Kurdish Folk singer) 43:20 Shiraz with Massomeh Gorginpour (Qashqai clan chief) 52:28 Esfahan with Maedeh Tabatabaei (Classical Iranian singer) 58:07 Mahabad (Kurdish region) with Shadi Behyar (Pop Singer) 01:01:05 Tehran/Esfahan with Mahya Hamedi (Jazz singer) 01:04:10 Caspian sea with Atefeh Moghimi (Mazandarani folk singer) 01:05:35 Zahedan, East Iran, Balochistan 01:07:15 Negar's Garden - All meet near Esfahan 01:12:45 Credits A film by Andreas Rochholl, Yalda Yazdani and Sebastian Leitner Produced by Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin • in Association with SLFILM Media/KADMOS Produktion TV License available: EuroArts Music International • https://www.euroarts.com/tv-license/6124-female-voice-iran Copyright ©2020 Zeitgenössische Oper Berlin HELP US TELLING THESE STORIES: You can REQUEST A SCREENING at your institution, cinema/theatre, cultural center, conference hall, university or similar. Please find all contact information at: https://zeitgenoessische-oper.de/FVOI/ Credits: Director: Andreas Rochholl Camera: Sebastian Leitner, Christoph Wieland, Andreas Rochholl Associate producer: Yalda Yazdani, Sebastian Leitner Production manager: Yalda Yazdani Editor: Sebastian Leitner Sound recordist: Lorenz Brehm, Daniel Weingarten Sound Mix: Alexander Semrow, Volker Wendisch Executive Producer: Mona Isabelle Subtitles: Ariane de Melo ∙ Portuguese (BR), Margaux Baleriaux ∙ French, Mariangela Diella ∙ Italian, Nassia Paparnaki ∙ Greek, Layla Ferrández Melero ∙ Spanish, Juli Xiang ∙ Chinese, Pinar Tatlıkazan ∙Turkish. Visit for more details, press-kit (EPK) and contact Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/femalevoiceofiran/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefemalevoiceofiran/ German Documentaries- Catalogue: https://german-documentaries.de/en_EN/films/the-female-voice-of-iran.13759#userpanel #femalevoice #iranianmusic #documentary

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@CrossGenerationMedia4 years ago Thank you all for your feedback! We received some comments about the role of "Negar", the little camel in our film. Of course the camel is not a symbol of Iran, it is, when you watch the film till here: - a part of a personal story, like all the other individual stories in this film too. Every artist in this film is just an individual story, we as filmmakers tell these stories and we are aware that there are thousands of other untold stories - worth to listen too. This is our art as storytellers. This film is a film, 100 % independently produced, a product of creativity, a result of 5 years travelling and work of 3 filmmakers and the artists they met during that time.
We are very touched that so many people worldwide give us their feedback, share their feelings and their stories. If you like, just scroll down and you will find so many touching human beings with their love, their pain, their wishes, their needs, their hope. And if you want to listen more of that music, you find some concert recordings here: .. ...Expand 42
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@RanbirSingh-dh4ux3 years ago Hello, i am a singh from panjab, india, i happened to wander through iran in 1978-79. This just brought so many fond memories. I nearly lost my self there, . ...Expand 3
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@firodjavanshir33464 years ago Bravo, after 40 years of living in france, you brought me so much joy and pride, i always thought that the future of iran is built by it' s women, full of grace, skills and specially. 79
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@aryanaskary52334 years ago Thanks a lot. It is really touching. One day the whole world will be able to hear these wonderful voices of iranian females. With best wishes from minsk, belarus. 44
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@sallywildasinn17244 years ago Very powerful, thank you for making this happen. Please come to los angeles to perform your beautiful music! I was fortunate to have been able to travel . ...Expand 26
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@nushi75154 years ago Wow, this amazing and sensational documentary should be nominated for oscar at the academy of award in short story category. I was touched with this film . ...Expand 40
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@PersianCeltic4 years ago Iran is a beautiful country. A hidden gem that people around the world should travel to for a unique unforgettable experience. 103
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@ptoreini3 years ago That was amazing, i enjoyed it a lot! Will definitely recommend others to watch.
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@user-ih3ys7bk8q4 years ago An iranian is always an iranian regardless of language. 26
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@ajj12044 years ago This is one of the best documentary film ever, thank you for that all voices are super excellent and i can see a wonderful future for them. 38
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@amirjavaheri80634 years ago Wow. I watched it for second time and can not stop tears of joy and admiration for these beautiful ladies with real angelic voice.
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@marzieroghani30754 years ago My beautiful country, my beautiful people!
and mostwomen
thank you so much for showing the world nothing can stop us from being who we are
wonderful film. 21
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@241119493 years ago Danke fr diesen wunderbaren sensiblen film. Was ich am meisten genossen habe waren diesemusiktraditionen aus der sicht der frauen sehen und vor allem zu hren. Man sprt die kraft die sensibilitt und die ehrlichkeit. Wunderbar! Merci cheili mamnun. ...Expand 3
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@gileyami08064 years ago Thank you all for this brilliant documentary. I shall definately share with more people. . 16
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@nullphp3 years ago I cried when i first realized that it was her father singing here and after that her brother and herself
Such beatiful voices in the same family is so amazing .. ...Expand 7
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@leilarazzaghi92684 years ago It was one of the greatest one i have ever watched about my country, iran. This beautiful documentary touched my heart deeply, teared me up as it was id="hidden14" an awesome way to introduce and illustrate the beauty and purity of my womens country. Thank you for standing for them and support them to reach their dreams. Now the world can hear them and know them much better.
your beautiful and hard work is really appreciated. ...Expand 19
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@shirinshirin31434 years ago
das war sehr beeindruckend. Herzlichen dank. 20
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@afsanehfowler25414 years ago I loved it and brought so many memories of my beloved country back to me. Thank you for this wonderful work of art. 17
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@anahitaaminian97494 years ago Thank you for capturing the voice of iranian women and the beauty of iran! A moving documentary! Hopeful and inspiring for all. 21
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@behzaddanesh43554 years ago You did an amazing job showcasing talented women in iran. Such a true and an unbiased picture, presented in a very unique way. I couldnt stop my tears at some moments. Wish you the best. 22
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@xerxesn12394 years ago It was amazing how music could bring together all these women who speak different languages and come from different ethnic backgrounds. A united and diverse iran is definitely beautiful. 20
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@minaabdollahian61864 years ago Thank you for making this film public, excellent work showing yet another hurdles of iranian women and how they overcome it. Bravo. 11
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@abbasfaiz-47254 years ago Well done. This is a great film, beautifully portraying the suppressed voices of iranian women. I watched it with joy and admiration. 16
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@shahpourzarifi83004 years ago A beautiful and wonderful documentary of amazing talented and brave iranian women x. 21
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@scorpina693 years ago Stunning! The voices of singing iranian women lifts my soul and can take me right out of this world of sorrow, violence and shame. We need to hear them! 3
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@atarahmani21774 years ago Incredible documentary, had not felt so proud and happy for so long, i am moved! Ata. 16
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@dr.florence4 years ago Thank you for this beautiful film, and for making it publicly available! I am half-iranian, half-german, and am amazed at the cultural diversity and richness. Thank you! 3
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@irajabi4 years ago Thank you and best wishes for all the people involved in this film. 22
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@avazeh604 years ago It was a breath of fresh air, thank you very much for sharing. 6
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@rff73074 years ago
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@fxjbird4 years ago Wonderful film full of beauty and humour, voice and song and so very human. 19
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@kimiaashakery48253 years ago I got goosebumps and teary eyes so many time watching this. 12
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@royak99524 years ago Absolutely amazing and incredible documentary, i am so stunned by such talented, wise and beautiful women and makes be proud to think i am iranian. Great . ...Expand 10
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@carriefroese67224 years ago Your tenacity and bravery are remarkable. 15
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@elhamehabrishami23384 years ago It was a great film. I cried so many times while watching this amazing journey. Thank you very much for your effort and love. 6
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@susannakhai87254 years ago Good job yalda yazdani and all beautiful ladies, i am so proud of iranian female singers. Love. 11
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@user-sb7wk9zb2j4 years ago Such beautiful iranian singers with lovely voices
thank you for this excellent work. 12
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@allenrejaie36843 years ago To the producers and singers,
as an iranian, born and raised in southwest iran, i enjoyed watching this video and learning about such an effort . ...Expand 5
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@alicyavoshi58314 years ago Well done, beautiful, emotional and original. Iranian woman deserve much more than they get at the moment and am sure they will get it. 7
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@cyrusv.manesh49574 years ago Amazing! I had to stop working and watching it to the end! 5
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@chadelimadapersia3 years ago Hello! I' m from brazil, and i love iran! I' m so amazed with the story of these strong and pretty women who follow their dreams of singing. Their . ...Expand 4
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@SabrinaShekofteh4 years ago This was such a beautiful story. I really enjoyed all the different singers and am so happy these beautiful women got this opportunity to share their amazing talents with the world. Love! 29
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@pandapowersays13644 years ago How privileged i am to be able to see this story from the inside of the proud and noble people ofsuch as this must be made available to the world as counter to the false image of iran portrayed in so much propaganda driven media of the west. To the women (and men! Of iran. Our love travels with you. ...Expand 8
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@andrewmdonnellan85954 years ago I loved every moment of the film and listening to the different voices was really touching. Congrats and love from the west of ireland. 11
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@ThePsysard4 years ago Thanks for being the voices of these great women of iran! Such a diverse culture! Were all proud of you! Please continue sending your beautiful voices to the entire world. 11
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@ehsanvadiee1913 years ago Incredible, sensational, moving and gentle, with so much famine energy. I will never forget this documentary. The songs and the story were all put together in an amazing way. 5
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@vikvik95734 years ago Much love from romania
love iran. 11
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@wsachse4 years ago This is an amazing film. I was deeply touched by it. Thank you for opening the world' s eyes and ears to the female voices of iran cast in the awesome . ...Expand 11
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@aleadinc4 years ago Wow! What a beautiful and emotionally charged film! Thank you for the concept and ability to share such beautiful human experience with us all. This is . ...Expand 5
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@tsiporawitzthum63624 years ago So beautiful the singing.
the women singers.
it all makes me so excited. en29"
it' s all so moving.
bless you all.
you are so beautiful. ...Expand 26
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@natezei82304 years ago This is the best documentary out of iran, and future belong to iranian women, and that is the fact, 7
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@golchinjamaspesfandiary61484 years ago Thank you. Wonderful! I truly enjoyed deeply merci yes appreciate everyone in this document superbe idea. 12
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@mpiran544 years ago Thank you for time and effort for that you put to make such a beautiful video. Great voice ladies. 4
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@shohrehshakoory83434 years ago Such a treasure iran has. Beautiful voices, beautiful faces, thank you to everyone who made this beautiful film come to our world. 9
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@goharjoa4 years ago This documentary was long overdue. Beautifully done, it is poetic and informative. Shows a side of iran which youll never ever see through the biased mainstream media. 2
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@minkam10044 years ago Thank you for making this documentary. 9
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@spiritof69862 years ago My sisters, when our creator made you, he gave the whole of humanity a treasure.
thankyou so much for this film.
warm greetings and utmost respect from scotland. 2
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@rezvankourosh86264 years ago . 8
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@samalmasi19394 years ago This was amazing experience watching this movie. This movie should be recognized for all the skills in displaying beauty. Hands down the best movie ive seen in recent years. Thank you. 6
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@freeiran48854 years ago Beautiful documentary, well done. Thank you so much for showing the power and art of iranian women to the world. 7
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@neatapeace42664 years ago Loved & shared it with my friends. Thank you for uploading it. 18
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@davidarcher46513 years ago Thanks a lot guys for your amazing work and great efforts to bring women' s voice out and introducing the female singers of iran. 3
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@mojtabaes27443 years ago Keep the nice work, we support you guys. Your voice is heard, negar; in fact, it has always been there for us deep down, you just conjured it up. Hope i share it with my wife, i know she would like it as much as i did, if not more. ...Expand 5
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@wideanglevideo4 years ago A great effort in such a good introduction of these tanlented female voices. Bravo. 14
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@maryamalborzi60373 years ago A big thank you to all the people who were involved in this fantastic movie. 3
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@MAN-vr5jh4 years ago I enjoy minute by minute of this short doc. Great work i hope one day iran regain its proud since such a beautiful land with all spectacular talent not . ...Expand 4
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@HOPE194 years ago Beautiful and so moving. It touched my heart and my soul. Thank you. 6
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@sophiehaz78304 years ago Absolutely beautiful, my heart is full of gratitude, merci, danke schn. 22
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@MarceloSelf4 years ago Wonderful movie, really! All those talented and beautiful singers with their stories and marvelous voices, the music, thealso breaks stereotypes id="hidden38" and prejudices some people at western world likes to keep and feed. Above all this doc is true cinema, so much emotions and feelings. To all involved, thank youl for sharing this experience with us. ...Expand 19
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@rosebrown61284 years ago Amazing music. What a fantastic documentary thank you! 5
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@omidangoshtari4 years ago It was extraordinary amazing. With tears for me and my wife. I warmly shake your hands. I will definitely share it. Everyone should watch it. Thanks a lot. 11
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@robertbrowning7904 years ago Thank you - beautiful. It was so good to hear so many wonderful female singers and also to hear regional folk music that is rarely heard outside its home villages. I saw many wonderful folk groups when i visited Iran for the Fajr Festival in the 1990s - I saw and heard musicians from Bushehr and Khorasan, as well as Baluchi, Azeri, Kurdish, Turkman and many others but of course there were very few women included - life was even more difficult at that time - if a woman even showed a hair she would be stopped in the street! I invited some to come to NY for a festival that i was hoping to present of regional music from Iran. Unfortunately the US government would not give visas - finally they relented to allow jut Alhaj Gourban, an old singer from Khorasan and his son to come. And somehow we were able to present a group from Bushehr a couple of years later who went on a fishing boat to Abu Dhabi where they managed to get visas from the US consulate to come here.
I would like to download this video to my Youtube channel so that my subscribers, many of whom are originally from Iran, can see it. I have been involved in presenting music from around the world in NY for 45 years I had founded the World Music Institute in 1985 and retired in 2011, only to start presenting concerts again in 2014. We have presented many Iranian classical artists over the years including the late, great Shajarian, Alizadeh, Kayhan Kalhor, Lotfi, Parissa and the Kurdish singer Ali Akbar Moradi as well as a number of young female singers. You can check out what we do at .
Once again thank you for this wonderful opportunity to hear so many beautiful voices. .. ...Expand 5
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@saiedrouhani84244 years ago Thiss a great work of arts. Beautifully organized and filmed and of course the unforgettable, beautiful and sincere voices of iranian women. It brought me to tears of joy. Thank you. 6
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@fereshtehghafari70604 years ago My beautiful country and my beautiful people. 6
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@wiebkesimmrow82094 years ago This is incredible! The beauty of each singer, their unique sound and deep connection. I' m impressed by the way the support each other and share their songs under tough conditions. Love this documentary! 15
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@michaelfreemanmusic91493 years ago Thank you so much to all involved in this production. What a beautiful and inspiring story. 4
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@saghar71384 years ago It was an amazing work, brought me toyour inspiring efforts. 6
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@alirezaroosta20094 years ago Your documentary are truly one of the most beautiful, and i do mean truly beautiful souls that i have ever encountered. I am so grateful that you share . ...Expand 7
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@zohrealizade96184 years ago Great movie, thank you very much for such a wonderful efforts, i appreciate your love and energy for sending iranian women' s voice to the world, continue and good luck! 8