Requiem for a Tribe

Documentary | Feature

Logline

Hajar, a 55-year-old Bahktiari woman from Iran is betrayed by her own family. She fights to maintain her nomadic lifestyle while climate change, urbanization and social issues have drastically diminished the traditional migrating activities of her tribe.

Movie specifications

Duration : 50 & 70 Minute

Release Date : 2024

Country of Production : Iran/Spain/ Qatar

Director : Marjan Khosravi

Written by: Marjan Khosravi , Milad Khsravi

Screenplay : Marjan Khosravi

Producer : Milad Khosravi, Stephanie von Lukowicz

Editing : Loghman Sokhanvar

Additional cameras : Mohmmad Gholipour, Marjan Khosravi

 Cinematography : Mahdi Azadi

Synopsis

Fifty-five-year-old Hajar, who has spent her entire life in the nomadic Iranian tribe of Bakhtiari, is betrayed and disappointed by her closest family, who want to force her to settle down and peacefully live out her life in the city. Although the circumstances, including the patriarchal social system, increasing urbanization and climate change, are not in her favour, Hajar is not going to give up her flock of sheep or her nomadic freedom. In her extremely empathetic, partly personal documentary debut, director Marjan Khosravi creates a portrait of a strong woman who, even in the face of turbulent modernity, does not want to let herself be deprived of the most valuable things she has – memories, traditions, contact with nature and the joy of free movement.

Links and Reviews

Shanghai Selection ‘Requiem for a Tribe,’ From Hot Docs Winner Marjan Khosravi, Aims to Give a Voice to Nomadic Iranian Women

Read more here:

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/shanghai-requiem-for-a-tribe-marjan-khosravi-iranian-women-1236036239/

Awards & Festival Screening

Shanghai International Film Festival - Documentary Competition

Ji-hlava International Documentary Film Festival

Budapest International Documentary Film Festival

Ajyal International Film Festival - Hial Feature film Competition

True/False Film Fest

Docs Barcelona 2025 - Competition Section