خمیازه بزرگ

11.09.2024
Followed by a live acoustic performance of the score by Dous Duet

15.09.2024
Followed by a talk with Aliyar Rasti and Afsun Moshiry

To believe or not to believe would initially appear to be the question of The Great Yawn of History. The film follows the journey of Beitollah, a religious man, who recruits the young disoriented orphan Shojah in an unusual manner to help him find a treasure hidden in a cave.
The parable-like structure of the plot mesmerizes with the idea of fanaticism and what it means to blindly follow a spiral of empty hopes and promises. In the tradition of Iranian cinema which allows social criticism in the form of allegory, Aliyar Rasti fragments the Iranian status quo in a stunning, painterly work of cinema. The film's hypnotic score, composed by Ava Rasti, will be performed live acoustically after the screening. (AM)

Duos Duet (Niki Yaghmaee on violin and viola and Golsana Shenasaei on cello) began busking in Tehran in 2017 and have since performed across Iran, Turkey, and Europe. They create soundscapes with looping techniques and Iranian influences.

Aliyar Rasti began his career in photography, video and video installations before gradually moving towards his true passion of filmmaking. The Great Yawn of History is his first feature-length film.

Ava Rasti is an Iranian Composer and experimental musician of Ambient-Drone and Modern Classical music. She is a Bass Guitarist and Pianist. She released her first Solo Album “Ginestra” in 2023.