Iranian doc ‘The Snow Calls’ releases trailer

Iranian documentary ‘The Snow Calls’ has released a trailer.

Made by Marjan Khosravi, the 49-minute documentary is about an expectant mother named Mina who has one last chance to deliver a boy after bearing three girls, or her husband will marry another woman according to a tradition in a tribe living in the southwest of Iran.

Mina 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?

‘The Snow Calls’ has already taken part in a number of global events, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the DMZ International Documentary Film Festival in South Korea, the Sevil International Women's Documentary Film Festival in Azerbaijan, the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in the US, where it grabbed the award for the best long documentary, and the Annual USA Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize.

It also received an honorable mention at the International Festival of Ethnological Film in Serbia. The jury of the event published a statement on Friday, reading “Special mention for student film goes to an intimate portrait of the family and the position of a brave woman in a patriarchal environment that keeps us hoping and in suspense at how the family life will change with a new birth.”

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