The Gardner

The Gardner | Bahai Faith 

An award-winning documentary film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf

باغبان ـ فیلم مستندی از محسن مخملباف در باره ادیان بخصوص بهاییت

The Gardener (Persian: باغبان Bāghbān) is a poetic film by Mohsen Makhmalbaf.  It is the first film in decades to be made by an Iranian filmmaker in Israel. The film has been shown in more than 20 film festivals and won the Best Documentary award from Beirut International Film Festival and it was selected as "Critic's Pick of the Week" by New York Film Critics Circle, "Best of the Fest" at Busan Film Festival by Hollywood Reporter, and "Top Ten Films" at Mumbai Film Festival by Times of India, and its script was added to the Library of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The film is about an Iranian filmmaker and his son who travel to Israel to learn about the role of religion in the world. While the son goes out to the Wailing Wall, the Dome of the Rock and Christian sites, the father stays at the Baha'i gardens to learn about a faith that came out of his own country—Iran.

The Gardener is set in the newly recognized UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Bahá'í World Centre buildings in Haifa and Western Galilee and in various religious sites in Jerusalem.

باغبان ـ فیلم مستندی از محسن مخملباف در باره ادیان بخصوص بهاییتبرنده جایزه بهترین فیلم مستند از جشنواره های مطرح دنیا

Format: DVD

Language: In Farsi & English with English subtitles