A first $10,000 award is granted to the Iranian filmmaker Marjan Khosravi for her project The Dreams of the Wild Oaks

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This documentary delves into the unique culture and traditions of the Bakhtiari people, an Iranian ethnic group living in the southwest of Iran. In a race against time to save her freedom, Samaneh, a 12 year-girl, must find a rare and endangered bird to escape forced marriage and the Cease Blood sacrifice. Hers is journey that challenges her beliefs and tests the limits of her father’s love.