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Requiem of Snow
Requiem of Snow film poster
Directed byJamil Rostami
Written bySholeh Shariati
Produced bySeyed Ahmad Miralaie
StarringAbdollah Ahmadi,
Delnia Farajpour,
Shadi Varyani
Music byFariborz Lachini
Running time
90 min
LanguageKurdish

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 Children and Young People, 2005, Greece.
  2. Crystal Simorgh Award, Best Director, Fajr Film Festival, 2005, Iran.