After bearing three daughters, Mina has only one more chance: her next child has to be a boy or her husband will marry another woman. That’s the tradition in southwestern Iran, where the rules of the Bakhtiari tribe apply. As the snowdrifts become deeper and the front 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 about to fall apart?
Marjan Khosravi
Marjan Khosravi is a young Iranian female filmmaker who studied Cinema and Media Art. After nine years writing, studying and working in cinema and film production, she directed her first short documentary in 2018, The Price Of Blood, which garnered much admiration in many national festivals. The Snow Calls was her first mid-length documentary which was selected for the student competition at IDFA 2020 and won the best feature documentary award from the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival and has been selected for the competition section of more than 10 festivals until now.