Destiny

Yaser Talebi

2022 / 53 minutes
Iran

Winner: Best Feature - Honorable Mention
Recognizes the film shorter than forty-five minutes that best embodies the ethnographic inquiry and cinematic craft celebrated through the Festival.

This moving documentary tells the story of Sahar, a teenager who recently lost her mother to cancer, and now has to take care of her father, a man with special needs. While a local cleric tries to arrange a second marriage for her father, Sahar has to balance her need to care for her father and her dream to attend college. Yaser Talebi’s film brings to light the social pressures young women in Iran face every day.