Requiem of Snow

Requiem of Snow

Requiem of Snow film poster
Directed by Jamil Rostami
Produced by Seyed Ahmad Miralaie
Written by Sholeh Shariati
Starring Abdollah Ahmadi,
Delnia Farajpour,
Shadi Varyani
Music by Fariborz Lachini
Running time
 90 min
Language Kurdish

Requiem of Snow is a 2005 film written by Iranian screenwriter Sholeh Shariati and directed by the Kurdish-Iranian director Jamil Rostami. It is a joint production of Iran and Iraq and also the first film to represent Iraq in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the Oscars.

Plot

In a village stricken by drought, people are praying for rain and a Kurdish girl is trying to escape from an arranged marriage when she runs into a stranger.

Awards

  1. Best Director Award, 8th Olympia International Film Festival for Chirdren and Young People, 2005, Greece.
  2. Crystal Simorgh Award, Best Director, Fajr Film Festival, 2005, Iran.

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