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Tanhavash

Cheetah, for its dark tear line that is stretched from its eyes all the way to the rims of its mouth, is distinct from other cat-like animals. Asiatic Cheetah is a different sub-species from African Cheetah and since it is extinct in all the regions of the world except Iran, it is called Iranian Cheetah. Today less than 100 of this meritorious species are left and it is considered a critically endangered life form.
In 1388(2009) a study kicked-off with the collaboration of Conservation of the Asiatic Cheetah Project (CACP), Iranian Cheetah Society (ICS) and Plan for Land Society, in Kavir National Park -Greatest National Park of Iran - with the goal of estimating the number of Asiatic Cheetahs left. After intense efforts and stationing numerous trail cameras, only one male Cheetah was registered.
For me, as a wildlife documentarian, this was not a good news at all. So I decided to do my best with all I got to find and register more of this Cheetah in the greatest national park of Iran.
In this quest, that took 6 years and covered an area as vast as Switzerland, but the result was surprising...

  • Fathollah Amiri
    Director
  • Fathollah Amiri
    Writer
  • M. S. Farhadinia
    Writer
  • Fathollah Amiri
    Producer
  • Nima Asgari
    Cameraman
  • Majid Mohammaddoust
    Editor
  • Babak Mirzakhani
    Music Composer
  • Majid Mohammaddoust
    Festival Distributor
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    55 minutes 34 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 10, 2016
  • Country of Origin:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • International Cinema Verite Film Festival
    Tehran
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
    March 10, 2016
    Appreciation Certificate
  • The Iranian House of Cinema Ceremony
    Tehran
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
    The Best Midd-length Documentary Film
  • Wildlife Conservation Film Festival
    New York
    United States
    October 22, 2016
    Best Foreign Film
  • 10th JAHORINA FILM FESTIVAL
    Pale
    Bosnia and Herzegovina
    September 20, 2017
    Official Selection
  • International VAASA Film Festival
    Vassa
    Finland
    September 22, 2016
    Official Selection
  • Matsalu Nature Film Festival
    Lihula
    Estonia
    September 19, 2016
    Official Selection
  • NaturVision Film Festival
    Ludwigzburg
    Germany
    July 13, 2017
    Out of Competition
  • IRIB National Festival
    Ahvaz
    Iran, Islamic Republic of
    The Best Researcher Award
  • Grand IndieWise Convention
    South Florida
    United States
    August 9, 2018
    Finalist
Director Biography - Fathollah Amiri

Born in 1981, Iran
Producer & Director

* M.A in Broadcasting Production from IRIB’s University
* Member of the Iranian Documentary Filmmakers Association
* Member of the Iranian Documentary Producers Association

1- Sunset of Khojir (2007)
2- Life in Eclipse (2009)
3- In Search for the Persian Leopard (2012)
4- Life in Desert (2013)
5- "Iran Reptiles" Series (2013)
6- Alamto, a Reptile Wonderland (2014)
7- Tanhavash (2016)
8- In the Realm of the Spider-tailed Viper (2017)

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