This episode of our 2021 video series portrays the Iranian sorna player Ebrahim Salmanpor Qashqai. «I am the most famous Qashqai wedding sorna player in Fars province and no one has ever been better than me», he says while looking back on his life, his performances at Qashqai weddings, and the challenges the COVID-19 pandemic has brought to his people.

The Qashqai tribe is one of the great nomadic tribes from Southern Iran. The life of the Qashqai people is shaped by constant migration to reach either more tropical or colder climatic zones. In the meantime, their music and dance are inextricably linked to their lives.

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A film by Kamran Heidari

Mahmoodreza Zarinchang, assistant director, was born in 1980 in shiraz, Iran. He is an experimental director with eight years of experience working alongside the executive teams of film making. Mahmoodreza is a civil engineer which is educating in cinema and filmmaking courses and he is inspired by Kamran Heidari and his Filmmaking style for two years. He made five short film as director, assistant director, production manager and likes to photography, imaging, and calligraphy. Follow him on Instagram.

Farshad Abbasi, editor, was born in 1991, in Shiraz, he has an MA in mechanical engineering. He started his cinematic practices when he was 20 years old. He made four short films, including Radio, Entropy, In Between and Sadi Carno. He has his performance as editor in documentary and cinematic works of producers such Kamran Heidari and other film makers. Follow him on Instagram.