“Forbidden Birth” Festival Journey
WINNER: Best Ensemble CastFLOW festival and film market – Florida 2021 Best Women ShortIndependent Short Awards – Los Angeles 2021 Best Short FilmBreaking-TV Film Festival – London 2022 Best Short FilmLisbon Film Rendezvous – Portugal 2022 Best Short FilmCrossroads International Film Festival – Istanbul 2021 NOMINEE: Best Women ShortIndex Film FestLos Angeles 2021 HONOURABLE MENTION: […]
Anna
Sohrab Kavir in conversation with Anna King as he discusses women’s rights issues in Iran. He touches on how all levels of society are designed to suppress women; the role social media has played in encouraging revolution; the intelligence and strength of the younger generations going out and risking death; his own role and responsibility […]
Mark
Sohrab Kavir talks to Mark Cummings on BBC Radio Gloucestershire about the women’s rights movement in Iran. He talks about friends and family members who have been injured and killed; the inevitability and the complexity of change; the role of the British and U.S. governments in Iranian politics in the 50s, and the knock on […]
Interview with BBC Radio
A raw and powerful interview with Dominic Cotter where director Sohrab Kavir talks about witnessing the deaths of his three brothers and how that ultimately spurred him on to move to London to become a film director at 19. He also touches on East of Eden, the film that inspired him to go into film, […]
“Duchenne Boys” Festival Journey
WINNER: Best DocumentaryFLOW Film Festival & Market – USA 2021Best Documentary Iranian Film Festival – San FranciscoUSA 2021 Best DocumentaryChatham-Kent International Film Festival – Canada 2021 Best DirectorChatham-Kent International Film Festival – Canada 2021 Best EditingChatham-Kent International Film Festival – Canada 2021 Best DocumentaryCannes World Film Festival – France 2021 Best DocumentaryThe Breaking-TV Film Festival […]
Exploring ‘Duchenne Boys’: An Article by Jane Millichip, CEO of BAFTA, on Sohrab Kavir’s Documentary
Grief. Dissociation. Rejection. Fake passport. Smuggler. Flight from Iran. Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, UK. Asylum. Education. Research. Fund-raising. Return to Iran. Creative block. More grief. Despair. Addiction. The 12-Step Programme. Recovery. Film. Seven awards, and counting… This is the agonising trajectory of filmmaker Sohrab Kavir in his 20-year bid to produce his self-funded, award-winning feature documentary, […]
