Amid wars, revolutions and looting, a man risks everything to save the ancient treasures of a land once at the crossroads of civilizations – now obscured by war and extremism. His is a silent battle to to protect memories whose loss would erase a part of humanity’s shared identity forever.
THE HOUSE OF WONDERS
Genre and IP: Hybrid documentary adapted and expanded from the transcripts of interviews conducted in 2023-2024 with Omara Khan Masoudi by the Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art.
Writer: Roya Sadat IMDB
Director: Roya Sadat
Producers: Roya Sadat (Producer); Ellen Eliasoph and Tom Vick (Executive Producers)
IP Holder: Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art
Production Companies: Roya Film House and others TBD
Budget: Estimated @US$2-3 million net of offsets and rebates
Production Locations: Afghanistan, US, UK, France, Switzerland and others tbd
Project Status: Vision statement and first draft treatment completed
Additional Materials: Creative Presentation in process