Tanhavash (2016)
Director: Fathollah Amiri
Tanhavash reveals the struggle to save this endangered species, capturing breathtaking landscapes and the urgent fight to protect Iran’s natural heritage.
Tanhavash (2016)
Director: Fathollah Amiri
Tanhavash reveals the struggle to save this endangered species, capturing breathtaking landscapes and the urgent fight to protect Iran’s natural heritage.
Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
New York, United States
October 22, 2016
Winner of Best Foreign Film
House of Cinema Ceremony
Tehran, Iran
2016
Award of Merit and Honorary Diploma for Best Documentary Producing
IRIB National Festival
Ahvaz, Iran
Winner of Best Research Award
House of Cinema Ceremony
Tehran, Iran
2016
Nominee for Best Mid-Length Documentary Directing
House of Cinema Ceremony
Tehran, Iran
2016
Nominee for Best Documentary Research
House of Cinema Ceremony
Tehran, Iran
2016
Nominee for Best Documentary Music
Department of Environment – Cinema Verite International Film Festival
Tehran, Iran
2015
Certificate of Appreciation
International Cinema Verite Film Festival
Tehran, Iran
March 10, 2016
Certificate of Appreciation
Matsalu Nature Film Festival
Lihula, Estonia
September 19, 2016
Official Selection
VAASA International Film Festival
Vaasa, Finland
September 22, 2016
Official Selection
10th Jahorina Film Festival
Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina
September 20, 2017
Official Selection
NaturVision Film Festival
Ludwigsburg, Germany
July 13, 2017
Out of Competition Screening
Grand IndieWise Convention
South Florida, United States
August 9, 2018
Finalist
The Trailer of Tanhavash (2016)
Information & Credits
The Asiatic cheetah is a distinct subspecies from the African cheetah, and because it has gone extinct across all of Asia except Iran, it is known as the Iranian cheetah. Today, fewer than 100 individuals of this valuable species remain, and it is critically endangered.
In 2009, with the efforts of the Asiatic Cheetah Conservation Project, the Iranian Cheetah Society, and the Plan for the Land Association, a major study began to estimate the population of Asiatic cheetahs in Kavir National Park, the largest national park in Iran. Despite extensive fieldwork and the installation of numerous camera traps, only one male cheetah was recorded.
As a wildlife filmmaker, this was deeply disappointing. So I decided to use all my abilities to prove the presence of more cheetahs in Iran’s largest national park.
This search lasted six years, across an area as vast as Switzerland, and eventually led to an astonishing result.
- Director: Fathollah Amiri
- Writers: Fathollah Amiri, Mohammad Sadegh Farhadinia
- Producer: Fathollah Amiri
- Cinematographer: Nima Asgari
- Editors: Abolfazl Abedi, Majid Mohammaddoust
- Music Composer: Babak Mirzakhani
- Art Director: Majid Mohammaddoust
- Sound Recordist: Keyghobad Amiri
- Sound Designer: Farzad Jafarian
- Assistant Director: Mojtaba Shiravand
- Graphic Designer: Sadegh Rezania
- Poster Designer: Ehsan Jannati
- Photographers: Arash Mehrami, Behnam Ghorbani
- Production Manager: Wildlife Pictures Institute
- Produced at: Semnan Center, commissioned by the Provincial Broadcasting Center
Project Type: Documentary Feature
Runtime: 56 minutes
Production Year: 2016
Country of Production: Iran
Language: Persian (with English subtitles)
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Film Color: Color
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