THE TASTE OF WATER

Duration:
81 min

Type:
Documentary

Year:
2023

Director:
Ebrahim Saeedi

Producer:
Lavan Film

Country:
Kurdistan (Rojhelat)

Languages:
Kurdish, Persian, Turkish

Subtitles:
English

In the village of “Dizaj Dol” near Iran’s Lake Urmia, severe water scarcity has dried wells and gardens. Farmers Kak Mohammad and Mashhadi Askar, from diverse backgrounds, grapple with environmental challenges. Kak Mohammad’s well provides limited water, but as the lake shrinks, he struggles to irrigate his garden. Drought and salt storms exacerbate recession, unemployment, and disease. Villagers seek solace in prayer: Mashhadi Asgar and the Azaris hold ceremonies by the dwindling lake, while Kak Mohammad and the Kurds congregate in mosques. Despite adversity, Kak Mohammad pushes forward with his son’s wedding plans, but worries about the lake’s future persist.

Ebrahim Saeedi was born in 1965 in Mahabad in Iranian Kurdistan. He has a B.A in Cinema from the Arts University of Tehran. He has been working in various fields of directing, editing, script writing, shooting, Sound & mastering and photography for more than 40 years. The result of his activity in these years is directing 5 short films, 3 feature documentaries, 2 movies, editing and filming more than one hundred and seventy feature films, short stories, documentaries and photography in various fields of social documentaries, nature, ethnography and judging various film and photo festivals and has held professional film and documentary editing workshops inside and outside of Iran.