Documentary that follows its creator, Sohrab Kavir, as he battles survivor’s guilt after the deaths of three of his brothers, and returns to Iran from the UK. Once there he embarks on forming a virtual football team made up of young sufferers of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, the same disease that took his brother’s lives. Q&A with Sohrab after the film.
"A film of truly magnificent auteurship that will leave you alive and trembling.” Robyn Pete
Directors Bio: Sohrab Kavir is an Iranian-British writer/director making his industry debut with "Duchenne Boys", his first feature documentary. He studied cinematography and screenwriting with the Iranian Youth Cinema Institute before moving to the UK in 2003. He completed a BA in Digital Film Production at London Southbank University (2009) followed by an MA in Filmmaking at the London Film School (2015). Sohrab and his wife Nastaran (producer) moved to Stroud in February this year. They have recently welcomed the arrival of their first child, Ella.
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