Uploaded March 2008 | Updated September 2026, 20 hours ago
Towards the end of 2007, when our fears of a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran were at their peak, Make Films Not War resolved to use images and stories to continue building a cultural bride between our two societies, even as our governments ratcheted up their language of war.
We made contact with award-winning Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi (HALF MOON, TURTLES CAN FLY, A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES), and discussed how best to go about this. We decided to commission five up-and-coming Iranian filmmakers, two of them as young as 10 and 13, to produce a series of short videos on the themes of war and peace. Ghobadi's company, Tehran based MIJ Productions, co-produced.
About 'The Piggybank That I Found...'
This piece by a young filmmaker is a poignant meditation on the impact of war and weaponry on youth. A young boy finds an unexpected prize while shaking apples out of a tree to the pond below. He rallies a friend to help him pry open the shiny blue object, which both think might hold buried treasure.
Towards the end of 2007, when our fears of a military conflict between the U.S. and Iran were at their peak, Make Films Not War resolved to use images and stories to continue building a cultural bride between our two societies, even as our governments ratcheted up their language of war.
We made contact with award-winning Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi (HALF MOON, TURTLES CAN FLY, A TIME FOR DRUNKEN HORSES), and discussed how best to go about this. We decided to commission five up-and-coming Iranian filmmakers, two of them as young as 10 and 13, to produce a series of short videos on the themes of war and peace. Ghobadi's company, Tehran based MIJ Productions, co-produced.
About 'The Piggybank That I Found...'
This piece by a young filmmaker is a poignant meditation on the impact of war and weaponry on youth. A young boy finds an unexpected prize while shaking apples out of a tree to the pond below. He rallies a friend to help him pry open the shiny blue object, which both think might hold buried treasure.
