My Mother, Oak - Madaram Baloot - مادرم بلوط

Mahmoud Rahmani's documentary is an exploration of the conflict between environmental concerns and poverty, which developed in the Zagros Mountain regions in the southwest of Iran. In the wake of floods which submerged 63 villages, making 15,000 people homeless, many people were forced to cut down trees illegally in order to make a living. Rahmani’s film explores the lives and mindsets of some of these people, while providing visually poetic shots of the mountain regions.