Official Selection
4th Edition

Simorgh

Directed by Meghdad Asadi Lari 

United States

4 mins

2014

Simorgh is a personal adaptation of The Conference of the Birds. A choreographic piece that incorporates Persian music, calligraphic art and ornament designs to tell the traditional Persian story of life that deals with the fragility of self worth.
It centers around a few birds of different breeds, each representative of a particular human characteristic; ego, greed.. . The birds are seemingly satisfied with their perceptions of self, but on a chance journey they each embark upon, they find they are stronger as a community and are strengthened by allowing others to complete their true ‘self’.

Credits

Writer
Meghdad Asadi Lari
Producer
Meghdad Asadi Lari
Editor
Meghdad Asadi Lari
Music
Saba Alizadeh