The Dream of a Horse

Documentary | Short

SYNOPSIS

In a mountainous but extremely green landscape goats jump over the rocks and laughing children run after them. In this paradise on earth, nomadic families have found their temporary home. From one of these families comes a teenage girl, Shahnaz. The girl should be getting married soon, but her thoughts are focused on the world of literature.

Movie specifications

Duration : 25′

Release Date : 2022

Country of Production : Iran

Director : Marjan Khosravi

Producer : Sajedeh Saraei, Milad Khosravi

Executive Producer : Mahmoud Nour Mohammadi

Editing : Loghman Sokhanvar

Cinematography : Mahdi Azadi

Sound Design : Arash Ghasemi

Screenplay : Marjan Khosravi

Color correction : Hamid Fatoureh Chian

Awards & Festival Screening

Krakow Film Festival – Best Short Documentary Nominated (Poland 2022)

Festival International du Film de Nancy – Official Selection (France 2021)

Religion Today Film Festival – Best Through women’s eyes award winner (Italy 2021)

International Film Festival of Ethnological Films of Belgrade 2022 - Official Selection

Sharjah International Children and youth Film Festival – Best Documentary Nominated (Emirates 2021)

Tegernsee International Mountain Film Festival – Best Youth Film award

Olympia Children and Youth Film Festival – Short competition

Crime and Punishment Film Festival – Best Documentary Award

Trento International Film Festival - Short Films Nomination

Festival Internacional de Cine de Murcia 2023 - Audience Short Film Award

EBS International Documentary Film Festival - 2023 - Official Selection

The world’s peace definitely depends on women and if the women are not at peace, they cannot bring up healthy children. Therefore, to save the world, we have to take care of the pregnant women more.

Shahnaz is a good example of my life, she is living in a way that I leaved 10 years ago.  Shahnaz is a sample of all of Iranian women like me and my mother that fight for her fate and future! Shahnaz’s life is much more depressing and there is lots of pain in her real life, I tried to show it more soft and more understandable with cinema for the international audiences.

Director’s Note

Marjan Khosravi