Iran’s ‘Persepolis-Chicago’ to vie at History filmfest in Austria

The History International Film Festival in Austria has been slated to play host to Iranian documentary ‘Persepolis-Chicago’.

Directed by Aorod Atapour, the 40-minute film will be on screen at the first edition of the Austrian film event.

‘Persepolis-Chicago’ is about the adventures of the Achaemenid tablet fragments, which reveal the economic, social and religious history of the Achaemenid Empire in the fifth century BC.

The tablets were discovered during the excavation of Persepolis, the ceremonial capital of the Persian Empire. About 90 years ago, archaeologists from the University of Chicago came to Iran to repair and study the inscriptions on some of these tablets.

By mutual agreement, the tablets were loaned to the University to be studied and read. Over the years, scholars there succeeded in gathering data on the Persian Empire from parts of the inscriptions and other Persian sources, but after all these years, the tablets have not yet been returned home.

The History International Film Festival is an event for filmmakers that produce all kinds of films of any genre related to historical structures.

This year’s edition of the fest will take place on August 9th – 15th.

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