‘The Snow Calls’ to vie at Ethnological filmfest in Serbia

Iranian short documentary ‘The Snow Calls’ is slated to vie at the International Festival of Ethnological Film in Serbia.

Marjan Khosravi’s 15-minute documentary is to represent Iran at the 2021 edition of the event.

The award-winning doc, which was recently showcased at the 13th DMZ Int’l Documentary Film Festival (DMZ Docs) in South Korea, centers on Mina who, after bearing three daughters, has just one more chance; her next child has to be a boy or her husband will marry another woman.

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.

‘The Snow Calls’ is the winner of the best documentary award at the 18th Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in Missoula in the northwestern U.S. state of Montana.

“International Festival of Ethnological Film began its life in 1992 with topics presenting mostly national TV production on folklore and customs of the Balkan people. Over the years the Festival shifted to wide variety of issues in cultural and social anthropology around the world,” the official website of the event wrote.

The 30th edition of the festival is scheduled for October 4-8, 2021.

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