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Shanghai Selection ‘Requiem for a Tribe,’ From Hot Docs Winner Marjan Khosravi, Aims to Give a Voice to Nomadic Iranian Women
Iranian filmmaker Marjan Khosravi is bowing her first feature-length documentary 'Requiem for a Tribe' at the Shanghai film festival.
However, I am happy that after these years, we were able to create this important research work to show how the lifestyles are changing constantly and how modernization is destroying all of the traditions without considering the consequences, through a true story,” Khosravi added. The film took off when Spanish producer Stephanie von Lukowicz (“Kinderbilder aus Sarajevo”) watched “The Snow Calls” on the IDFA platform and appreciated Marjan’s work. “On the other hand, Iran lacks cultural treaties with other countries, both within the [Middle East] region and globally, [while] international sanctions make official co-productions with other nations extremely difficult.
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