From Music into Silence
Australia2017documentary75'Konkurs DocFilmMusic (2018)
Can music help in the ultimate encounter with death? An Australian harpist, Peter Roberts, believes it is possible. As a musical thanatologist, he accompanies dying people in the process of going to the other side. The film shows him at the moment when he is facing his own old age and the prospect of death. The camera captures him when his fascination with Jalāl ad-Dīn Rumi's mystical poetry inspires him to set out on a personal journey to the land of dancing dervishes.
- directed by
- Farshid Akhlaghi
Iranian and Australian film director. He was born in 1981 in Teheran. In 2012, he moved to Australia. He is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in Melbourne. He began his career as a director at the age of 15 when he made short films. He is an author of 12 short films and a few documentaries screened at international festivals.
- cinematography
- Farshid Akhlaghi
- script
- Afshin Soleymani, Farshid Akhlaghi
- cast
- Peter Roberts
- music
- Bart Walus
- sound
- Markus Kellow
- editing
- Steven Robinson, Farshid Akhlaghi
- production
- Farshid Akhlaghi, Sammi Ghafari (Mana Butterfly Productions)
- Photo
