Amin

A Cinemashena presentation in colaboration with Eyesteelfilm. (Worldwide Sales: Cinemashena, Montreal.) Produced, directed, edited by Shahin Parhami.With: Amin Aghaie, Ustad Kiyani, Jahantoor Rahimi, Farhad Aghaie. Housein Aghaie, Galyna Omelchenko.A fantastically crafted portrait in the amazing youthful music artist/ethnomusicologist Amin Aghaie, "Amin" shuttles involving the pale marble halls in the Kiev Tchaikovsky Conservatory as well as the impossibly vivid colors in the Qashai community in Iran, the two cell phone industry's tightly linked by Aghaie's thesis research round the disappearing musical culture of his people. The tradition is diminishing fast, and Aghaie's popular concerts, the occasions that could maintain it current, are regularly banned. Fueled by its subject's passionate commitment (and virtuoso violin), and carrying out on several levels, the docu could resonate theatrically with arthouse auds. Iranian helmer-producer-editor-d.p. Shahin Parhami, an in depth friend of Aghaie's, easily forms together with his close-knit family, all artists in awe from the kin's casual brilliance and generosity. Parhami shows Aghaie giving brother Housein gentle pointers on his accomplished piano rendition from the Bach prelude. Chronicling the culture in the Qashai, a nomadic Turkish people of mysterious origin who settled in north western Iran, requires a certain degree of detective work. On the road, Aghaie tracks lower gossips to obtain the handful of remaining professionals of Qashai music. Aghaie is by using excitement welcomed and regaled with impromptu performances, they records for his archives. He captures long periods with players of several exotic instruments and likes a moving reunion with legendary composer-singer Ustad Kiyani, his 105-year-old-mentor, who still sings up bad weather to Aghaie's spirited violin accompaniment. Though small amount of time and with no assets, Aghaie is fighting a losing fight. To have the ability to fund his research and continuing studies, he and also the brothers and sisters use selling their instruments, Aghaie sadly tracing the curves of all the his three violins round the wall before parting from it. In Kiev, romantic jaunts with fellow music artist Galyna Omelchenko, whose passionate piano playing can frequently be heard without anyone's understanding, alternate with extended, introspective interviews. They're shot in black-and-white-colored having a nearly uncomfortable closeness, as Aghaie airs his doubts and fears for the camera. Not minimal impressive in the docu's achievements could it be completely familiarizes audience with Qashai music, that may appear initially alien and off-putting to Western ears. With the film's finish, a violin/drum/piano composition by Aghaie and also the brothers and sisters, clearly shot before they were expected to sell their instruments, rocks the house.Camera (color, HD), Parhami music, Amin Aghaie. Examined at Montreal World Film Festival (Documentaries around the world), August. 27, 2011. (Also in Moscow, Dubai, Pusan film festivals.) Running time: 120 MIN.(Farsi, Turkish, Russian dialogue) Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com