''Requiem of Snow'' is a

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

written by

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

ian screenwriter Sholeh Shariati and directed by the Kurdish-Iranian director

Jamil Rostami Jamil Rostami (born 1971 in Sanandaj, Kurdistan Province, Iran) is a Kurdish film director. In 2002 he made his first short film titled ''The Trouble of Being a Boy'' in Kurdish, which was screened in 24 domestic and international Festivals and w ...

. 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

#Best Director Award, 8th Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, 2005, Greece. #Crystal Simorgh Award, Best Director,

Fajr Film Festival Iran's annual Fajr International Film Festival ( fa, جشنواره بین‌المللی فیلم فجر), or Fajr Film Festival (little: FIFF; fa, جشنواره فیلم فجر), has been held every February and April in Tehran since 1982. T ...

, 2005, Iran.

External links

Awards
Olympia International Film Festival, Greece, 2005.
Requiem of Snow
Official website. * 2005 films 2005 drama films Films shot in Iran Films shot in Iraq Requiem of Snow Kurdish films Kurdish-language films {{Iran-film-stub