Flax to Fire depicts the life and work of Aliasghar Hajibaba, an elite Iranian industrialist and entrepreneur. Trained as a quiltmaker in his youth, he manages to start an independent business in the midst of a tumultuous life. With the help of family, he successfully pursues his endeavours to the point that he eventually becomes known as a founder of Iran’s iron alloys and foundry industry.
In 1983, amidst the hardships of post-revolutionary and war-torn Iran, a group of engineering classmates established a steel foundry near the city of Sari, in the North of Iran. Their main goal was to gain income for themselves and at the same time eliminate the nation’s dependence on foreign ste...
Through the charity organisation, "Chain of Hope", a team of volunteer Iranian and French medical doctors treat underprivileged child patients from all over Iran in three branches of cardiac, orthopaedics and rehabilitation to the highest standards.
As the Egyptian people rise up in Tahrir Square, a rural community in the Nile valley follows the revolution on TV, radio and in the newspapers. Intimately shot over the three-year period from the overthrow of Mubarak to the fall of Morsi, we are shown an alternate view of the revolution through ...
