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„The last girl“DOK.fest Munich 2026

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A woman and an elderly man are sitting on a rock.
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Maryam has Down syndrome and lives and learns in a different way than her 14 siblings. In her world, there are goats, dogs, snakes, and sometimes a wolf or leopard. Her father teaches her how to find valuable stones. Iran, 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh, 50 Min., Persian EngSub

This event is in the past.

Maryam has Down syndrome and lives and learns in a different way than her 14 siblings. In her world, there are goats, dogs, snakes, and sometimes a wolf or leopard. Her father teaches her how to find valuable stones. Iran, 2025, Daryoush Gharibzadeh, 50 Min., Persian EngSub

While her siblings gradually move to the city, Maryam remains with her parents in the mountains of southern Iran. For 14 years, Gharibzadeh has chronicled the girl’s coming of age. (Helga-Mari Steininger / DOK.fest München)