Biography
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 and being assistant director finally she directed her first short documentary in 2018, The Price of Blood, which garnered much admiration in many national festivals. The Snow Calls was her first mid-length documentary which was selected for the student competition at IDFA 2020 and won the best feature documentary award from Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and has been selected for competition section of many festivals like DMZ, IFEF, Ethnofest and etc.
“Vadiyar” is her second short fiction film experience which has been nominated for grand prix and Ingmar Bergman Award of 40th edition of Uppsala short film festival, Marjan Khosravi usually focuses on women and their social problems are the leitmotiv in her films.
Filmography
| A Woman’s Path | Director Writer |
Feature documentary | · In progress · Iranian and Spanish Co-production · Hot Docs Cross-Currents Fund – Winner |
2023 |
| The Dream of a Horse | Director Writer |
Short Documentary | · Completed – Distribution has begun | 2021-2022 |
| VADIYAR | Director Witter |
Short fiction film | · 37th Tehran Intl. Film Festival – Official Selection · 39th Fajr Film Festival – Official Selection · 44th Drama International Short Film Festival – Official selection · 34th Isfahan International Children and youth Film Festival- Best Short Film Nomination · 40th Uppsala Short Film Festival – Grand Prix Nomination & Ingmar Bergman Nomination · Golden Scale International Short Film Festival – Istanbul |
2021 |
| The Snow calls | Director Writer |
Middle-Length documentary | · IDFA 2020 – Official Selection · Big Sky 2021 – Best Feature Documentary Award · 51th USA Film Festival – Dallas – Best Short Film Award · DMZ International Documentary Film Festival · 14th Iranian International Documentary Film Festival · Iranian Independent Documentary Film Festival · 30th International Festival of Ethnographic Films – Belgrade Special Mention Award · Sevil International Woman Documentary Film Festival – Azerbaijan · 21th Euclase Documentaries International Film Festival · Ethnofest – Athens |
2020 |
| Snowy mother | Director Writer |
Short fiction film | ·36th Tehran short film festival ·38th Fajr film festival ·Madar film festival – Best short Film Award |
2019 |
| The price of blood | Director Writer |
Short documentary | ·35th Tehran international short film festival · 12th Iran international documentary film festival |
2018 |