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The Snow Calls (6+)

Iran, 2020, colour, 49 min.
Director: Marjan Khosravi
After bearing three daughters, Mina has just one more chance: her next child has to be a boy or her husband will marry another woman. That’s the tradition. The very pregnant Mina and her family live in southwestern Iran, where the rules of the Bakhtiari tribe apply. This time, the expectant mother decides not to have an ultrasound scan, for fear of the result and the gossip that would ensue. She is already under enough pressure from her in-laws, although she does still have people on her side too. As the snowdrifts become deeper, and the outside door will barely open anymore, the atmosphere in the household becomes increasingly oppressive. Will there be a happy ending with the birth of a son, or are we watching a life that is about to fall apart? Seemingly unnoticed, director Marjan Khosravi films family life, even during the most difficult moments. ”The Snow Calls” is an intimate and unadorned portrait – an honest film, about the painful tension between love and age-old tradition.

AWARDS

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (USA, 2021) – Best Documentary Feature; USA Film Festival (USA, 2021) – Best Short Film; International Festival of Ethnological Film (Serbia, 2021) – Best Student Documentary.
17 – 22 September 2022 года
Q&A с режиссером
17 – 22 September 2022 года

Marjan Khosravi

Marjan Khosravi

is a young Iranian women filmmaker who studied Cinema and Media Art. After nine years writing, studying and working in cinema and film production, she directed her first short documentary in 2018, “The Price of Blood”, which garnered much admiration in many national festivals. Marjan Khosravi usually focuses on women; their social problems are the leitmotif of her films.

FILMOGRAPHY

The Price of Blood, 2018; Asho, 2019; Snowy Mother, 2019; The Snow Calls, 2020; Vadiyar, 2021; The Dream of a Horse, 2022.
Iran, 2020, colour, 49 min.
Director: Marjan Khosravi
After bearing three daughters, Mina has just one more chance: her next child has to be a boy or her husband will marry another woman. That’s the tradition. The very pregnant Mina and her family live in southwestern Iran, where the rules of the Bakhtiari tribe apply. This time, the expectant mother decides not to have an ultrasound scan, for fear of the result and the gossip that would ensue. She is already under enough pressure from her in-laws, although she does still have people on her side too. As the snowdrifts become deeper, and the outside door will barely open anymore, the atmosphere in the household becomes increasingly oppressive. Will there be a happy ending with the birth of a son, or are we watching a life that is about to fall apart? Seemingly unnoticed, director Marjan Khosravi films family life, even during the most difficult moments. ”The Snow Calls” is an intimate and unadorned portrait – an honest film, about the painful tension between love and age-old tradition.

AWARDS

Big Sky Documentary Film Festival (USA, 2021) – Best Documentary Feature; USA Film Festival (USA, 2021) – Best Short Film; International Festival of Ethnological Film (Serbia, 2021) – Best Student Documentary.
17 – 22 September 2022 года
Q&A с режиссером