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

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