The Last Girl
While her siblings move to the city, Maryam stays with her parents in the mountains of southern Iran.
- Production
- The Last Girl
- Director
- Daryoush Gharibzadeh
- Producer
- Mehdi Khajeh Pour
- Country · Year
- Iran · 2025
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Filmed over
- 14 years
- Language
- Persian, English subtitles
Maryam has Down syndrome and learns the world her own way: goats and dogs, snakes, and now and then a wolf or a leopard. Her father teaches her to find valuable stones.
Daryoush Gharibzadeh, a self-taught photographer, author and filmmaker, followed her coming of age for fourteen years. It is his first feature-length documentary.
Festival run
- DOK.fest München 2026 — DOK.horizonte CompetitionNominated
- Art Film Spirit Awards, TorontoAward winner
- International Independent Film AwardsAward winner
- Greece International Film FestivalHonorable mention
- Vegas Shorts FestivalNominee
- Wasatch Mountain Film FestivalSemi-finalist
- Edinburgh FilmSemi-finalist
- Austin Lift-Off Film FestivalOfficial selection
- Nature Without Borders International Film FestivalOfficial selection
- Toronto International Nollywood Film FestivalOfficial selection
Poster
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