Nasukh

Directed by

Asghar Abbasi

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

This short film looks at life in 14th century Iran through the lens of Ferdowsi's epic poem the Shahnameh. It draws from a scholar's book about the story of Nasukh.

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What happens

Nasukh is a 2023 Iranian surreal short film written and directed by Asghar Abbasi. This film deals with the conditions of Iran in the 14th century from the perspective of Ferdowsi's Shahnameh. Nasukh is taken from the story of Nasukh book written by Mohammad Rasouli, Shahnameh scholar and Iranian writer. Nominated for the "Book and Cinema" special section of the 40th Tehran International Short Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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