The Flower's Sanctuary - Dar Harime Gol - در حریم گل

Flowers have played a major symbolic role in Iran's art and culture for centuries, and Seyran Alizadeh's documentary is an often poetic ode to this role. Following the process of various craftspeople as they make rugs and ornamental tiles adorned with flowered patterns, the film captures the care taken to create them while emphasising the visually pleasing effect of the end products. It also touches on the relation between real flowers and the symbolic power of their imaginative representations, and reflects upon the use of flowers in shrines.