Films by Daniel Asadi Faezi

2021, 80 min
by Daniel Asadi Faezi

"I am slowly forgetting your faces," writes the eldest brother from Iran to his younger siblings in Germany. These left the war and revolution in their homeland a long time ago. Together with his father and uncle, director Daniel Asadi Faezi explores the history of their family. What remains from the time of the revolution are the letters that the young men wrote to each other between the two countries. For 30 years, they have not read these letters. They tell the story of a family divided by po

Germany 2014, 9 min
by Daniel Asadi Faezi

AREFI, THE SHEPHERD is an uplifting look at the journey of an ordinary shepherd in the desert of central Iran. Mohammad Arefi is taking care of over 300 goats and sheeps since more than 45 years. But the tradition of an old shepherd family will come to an end in his generation. A fascinating portrait of a quiet but funny person.