Documentary film about art of Iranian calligraphy to have its world premiere in Russia

TV BRICS International Media Network will be the first to show the documentary film "Noqte" about the art of Iranian calligraphy, shot in Iran and Russia, to a wide audience of BRICS+ countries. The work of director Emir Valinejad adds to the library of TV BRICS video content, which includes original films and programmes by foreign producers, including those from Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Argentina and Venezuela.

The television premiere of the film "Noqte" will take place on TV BRICS. In Russia, the documentary project will be available for viewing on 12 August 2024 at 11.00 a.m. Moscow time (repeat on 17 August at 15.00 and 21.00 hours). Subsequently, the film will be available in English, Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese on the TV channel's internet airing on the TV BRICS portal.

"TV BRICS works with more than 70 media partners around the world. This gives us all the opportunity to constantly exchange interesting materials, which not only enriches the national information agenda, but also creates a unique digital library of BRICS+ video content. It contains films, serials and programmes, many of which, despite their high quality and in-depth content, are unknown outside the producing countries. TV BRICS adapts its partners' film and television productions into other foreign languages and thus exposes them to an international audience. We are currently preparing the premiere of the film 'Noqte': it has already won many professional awards, but it will be released on the wide screen for the first time with the help of TV BRICS"

Ksenia Komissarova Editor-in-Chief of TV BRICS

Emir Valinejad's film tells about the history and art of Iranian calligraphy, the main element of which is the noqte (dot). The documentary project won the prize of the XXXII International Film Forum "Golden Knight", International Competition VIVA 2020 and became a nominee of the XXI National Award "Laurel Branch".

"The film introduces the viewer to such a genre of fine art as calligraphy. Iranian calligraphy is a special world and a special sacred language that came out of the tradition of transcribing the texts of the Holy Quran, gained immense popularity and became applied in various fields of art such as architecture, painting and miniature. We are honoured that the film "Noqte" will soon be aired on TV BRICS. This is indeed a big event and we hope that the screening of our film will introduce viewers to a beautiful art form and encourage them to learn more about Iranian culture," Emir Valinejad stressed.

The film "Noqte" was made in 2020 with the support of Ibn Sina Islamic Culture Research Foundation, which unites representatives of the scientific and student community studying different aspects of Islamic culture, science, philosophy.

"Iranian calligraphy is an art in which there is a relationship between the aesthetics of meaning and the aesthetics of its artistic embodiment. The art of calligraphy dates back to Islamic heritage and culture, and primarily to the texts of the Holy Quran, which were transcribed with special reverence and care. It was these sacred texts that gave rise to the tradition of calligraphy, which has been preserved and developed for thousands of years not only for the design of manuscripts, but also in the art of architecture, ceramics and miniature painting. The film 'Noqte', which was made with the full support of the Ibn Sina Foundation, introduces the audience to the art of calligraphy and its basics. As the title of the film suggests, calligraphic writing begins with a dot. In the light of the upcoming premiere of our documentary on TV BRICS channel, we would like to note that we are very happy to introduce Iranian calligraphy to the viewers and highlight the handwritten facet of the great and centuries-old Iranian culture. We look forward to a fruitful co-operation with TV BRICS in promoting Iranian culture"

Hamid Hadavi Moghaddam President of Ibn Sina Foundation

TV BRICS is a 24-hour general-themed television channel for audiences of BRICS+ countries. It is broadcast in Russian throughout the Russian Federation: through digital TV operators, online services for watching TV channels, on-air TV channels, on video hosting sites and social networks. Foreign language broadcasts are available on the respective versions of the TV BRICS information portal. The total reach of TV BRICS is 12 million subscribers.

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