Ariane Lorrain

Ariane Lorrain is a documentary filmmaker born from a Quebecer father and an Iranian mother, who grew up in a multicultural trilingual home. Her approach is close to the traditions of visual anthropology and essay film, privileging the senses and poetry to convey reality’s surrealness. Her work deals with issues of land and identity, cultural transmissions, and collective rituals. Her hybrid background led her to live and create between Montreal and the Middle East. Zagros is her first feature, shot within her mother’s lineage, the Bakhtiari tribe.