Ariane Lorrain

Ariane Lorrain is a documentary filmmaker born to a Québécois father and an Iranian mother, who grew up in a multicultural, trilingual household. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Film Production from Concordia University. Her approach aligns with the traditions of visual anthropology and essay filmmaking, emphasizing the senses and their poetry to convey reality. Her works explore themes of identity and territory, cultural transmission, and collective rituals. Her hybrid identity leads her to live and create between Montreal and the Middle East. After a series of short films that made a mark on the festival scene, she directed her first feature film, Zagros, in 2018, which was shot within her maternal lineage, the Bakhtiari tribe.