Documentary | Short
Shahnaz, the oldest daughter of a nomad family, loves writing and her stories are inspired by her lifestyle. Her father wants to marry her off to better the family’s condition, but Shahnaz wants to pursue bigger dreams.
Duration: 25 Minute
Release Date: 2022
Country of Production: Iran
Director: Marjan Khosravi
Producer: Sajedeh Saraei, Milad Khosravi
Executive Producer: Mahmoud Nour Mohammadi
Editing: Loghman Sokhanvar
Cinematography: Mahdi Azadi
Sound Design: Arash Ghasemi
Screenplay: Marjan Khosravi
Color correction: Hamid Fatoureh Chian
Awards & Festival Screening:
- Krakow Film Festival – Best Short Documentary Nominated (Poland 2022)
- Big Sky International Documentary Film Festival 2023 -Best Short Documentary Nominated
- Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival – Audiences Choose Nomination (Brazil 2021)
- Festival International du Film de Nancy – Official Selection (France 2021)
- Religion Today Film Festival – Best Through women’s eyes award winner (Italy 2021)
- International Film Festival of Ethnological Films of Belgrade 2022 – Official Selection
- Sharjah International Children and youth Film Festival – Best Documentary Nominated (Emirates 2021)
- Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival – Best Youth Film award
- Olympia Children and Youth Film Festival – Short competition
- Crime and Punishment Film Festival – Best Documentary Award
- Trento International Film Festival – Short Films Nomination
- Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia 2023 – Audience Short Film Award
- EBS International Documentary Film Festival – 2023 – Official Selection
- Budapest International Documentary Film Festival – Best Short Documentary award
- Torelló Mountain Film Festival – Best Short Documentary award
- Ciné-Jeune de l’Aisne – Official Selection
- Urban World International Film Festival – Official Selection
- Bergwelten Film Festival – Official Selection
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Director’s Note
Marjan Khosravi
The world’s peace definitely depends on women and if the women are not at peace, they cannot bring up healthy children. Therefore, to save the world, we have to take care of the pregnant women more.
Shahnaz is a good example of my life, she is living in a way that I leaved 10 years ago. Shahnaz is a sample of all of Iranian women like me and my mother that fight for her fate and future! Shahnaz’s life is much more depressing and there is lots of pain in her real life, I tried to show it more soft and more understandable with cinema for the international audiences.
