Contagion
Contagion
Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
Iran / 2020 / 61' / Documentary / International premiere
Contagion
Arman Gholipour Dashtaki
Iran / 2020 / 61' / Documentary / International premiere

The Bakhtiari tribe is the largest group of Iranian migratory nomads, who move en masse in Spring to a Summer camp where there is water and plants for their livestock. This year, due to the pandemic, the government has closed down the roads that the Bakhtiari must travel to migrate. The nomads and their animals are stuck in their Winter camp which is getting warmer by the day. They must flee these now dry plains with no plants or drinking water, and head to the springs and luscious flora of their Summer camp.

Language: Persian

Subtitles: Italian

Director

Arman Gholipour Dashtaki

Born in 1990, he is an Iranian film-maker. He has directed more than 10 documentary films, mainly focused on local and native issues in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. His films include OMID MAN (2014), GONJ(BEE) 2018, AFFIDAVIT FOR KHANALI (2018), BEYOND THE FENCE (2018), ARMETI (2019), CAPTAIN 22 (2019).

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