RANA GORGANI & THE ZAZADIN DERVISHES (Impressions from Konya, 2023)

A film by Vincent Moon Produced by Petites Planètes, Rana Gorgani, Souffle Collectif Images by Vincent Moon, sounds by Julien Colardelle With Rana Gorgani, Mustafa Konukcu, Nasim Gorgani, and the Zazadin Caravansérai Dervishes 𒊹 « It was getting late. Well - we were late, back with Rana from another recording outside of town. The 4 dervishes were waiting in front of our hotel, ready to bring us to the 13th century Zazadin caravanserai for an improvised film. But we were missing a Ney player - how could we record in the legendary town of Rumi without his favorite flute instrument? Then someone mentioned Mustafa. I didn’t know Mustafa was a great player, I only knew he was the busiest man in town at the moment, taking care of his own Hiçhane place, a hub for alternative everything during the Seb-I Arus week. In a magic twist, he got ready in 5 minutes, we all boarded the van without really having any clear ideas of what would happen, and off we went for a piece of Sufi cinema. The light was disappearing quickly, we had chances only for one take - my favorite kind of cinema after all. In a strange way someone, maybe me, mentioned the ending sequence of Tarkovski’s Nosthalgia - the very long movement of the main character with a candle. Rana had a candle, there was an obvious choreography in the air, and we just had to catch it. Nasim, Rana’s cousin, joined on the Daf, and we started to roll. Rana, then the dervishes, then the entire space started to turn in a majestic twist of the divine. The candle was still lit, the ceremony was done. » 𒊹 A film of the collection “Impressions from Konya” - 10 short films on Sufi ceremonies in Konya, recorded in December 2023 during the Seb-i Arus, the week celebrating the 750 years of the voyage to the stars of Rumi, the Mevlana 𓁿 WATCH THE COMPLETE PLAYLIST - 𖨠 10 films from the official and impressive Sema ceremony with 37 whirling dervishes to the long nights of dancing at Hiçhane or outside the mausoleum, from various collaborations of Sufi dancer Rana Gorgani with Ozgur Baba or Sadegh Azmand to entrancing circles all over. A cinema trip into the heart of modern and ancient sufism. #konya #sebiarus #turkey #rumi #mevlana #sufism Filmed by @vincentmoon, sounds by Julien Colardelle Produced by Petites Planètes, Rana Gorgani, and Souffle Collectif ᐂ Rana Gorgani ▒ Follow PETITES PLANÈTES / VINCENT MOON -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram: Official Website: Film Collection: Music Label: Soundcloud: Híbridos, the Spirits of Brazil: About PETITES PLANÈTES ------------------------------------------ Petites Planètes is an ongoing project comprised of films, music recordings, cinema performances, and immersive installations. An independent production company created by french artists Priscilla Telmon and Vincent Moon, Collection Petites Planètes’ aim is to explore the boundaries between cinema, music, and expanded forms of modern rituals. Our vision moves between the realms of documentary creation, ethnographic research, and filmic experimentation. Our entire work is shared under a Creative Commons license, making it available to everybody, acknowledging the fact that we are only bridges between spiritual and material realities and that we are in no way creating from scratch. Please do get in touch with us directly - moon@