DREAMS OF THE WILD OAKS

Hybrid-Documentary | Feature

In this hybrid documentary, a 13-year-old Bakhtiari girl, Samaneh, faces an imminent marriage, bound to it by the ancient tribal tradition of ‘Khoon-Bas’. The events unravel as she nears menarche that marks her transition to womanhood. This sets her on the path of seeking out seven rare golden-winged partridges, which seems to be her only way out of the forced marriage.

Movie specifications

Director: Marjan Khosravi 

Writer and Researcher: Marjan Khosravi

Director of Photography: Reza Yazdanian 

Editors: Jack Atmore, Ehsan Vaseghi

Sound Recordist: Abbas Rafiei , Sajad Shirazi 

Sound Design and Mix: Jocelyn Robert

Composer: Pierre Coulon-erisier

Color Grading: Graziella Zanoni

Movie specifications

Producers: Milad Khosravi, Seven Springs Picture (Iran) Thibaut Amri, Avant la Nuit (France) Stephanie von Lukowicz, Lukimedia (Spain)

Co-producer: Lyon Capitale TV

Broadcaster: RTS Switzerland

Support:

ENTRE NATIONAL DU CINÉMA ET DE L’IMAGE ANIMÉE, MONTPELLIER MÉDITERRANÉE MÉTROPOLE, LA RÉGION OCCITANIE

IDFA Bertha Fund , Catapult Film Fund, WMM’s Production Assistance Program, Red Sea Film Fund, Alter-Ciné Foundation

Vision Sud Est Fund (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation),  Stichting Connected Foundation, Catalan Films

World sales and festival handling: Seven Springs Pictures

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