Alone Through Iran - One Woman's Incredible 1144 Mile Journey, on Foot

This is a teaser trailer for a feature documentary about Kristina Paltén, a lone Swedish woman, who wanted to challange her own and other's prejudices against islam by running across Iran.

The Swedish ultra-runner Kristina Paltén began her run through Iran on august 29th 2015. She was to become the first woman ever to cross Iran by foot.

Kristina, with her two world records in both 12-hours and 48-hours running on a treadmill, chose Iran for her run for three main reasons. The beautiful nature, the long distance and her own prejudices against the country.

Without any prior connection to the country she wanted to explore a, to her, unknown country upon which she only had the western media coverage to rely on to understand.

During two months Kristina therefore challenged herself and her own fears for the unknown and her own prejudices about what a muslim country means for a lone woman running 1144 miles.

- Today I feel like “muslim” has become synonymous with "terrorist" or "fundamentalist". There are around 1,5 billion muslims around the world today, and I'm guessing most of them are really nice. With this run I want to question my own prejudices, learn more about a culture I know little about and meet a lot of people. I hope my run will contribute to more openness, trust and tolerance both within myself but also in the world, says Kristina.

The film follows Kristina before, during and after her run and portray both her running but also her inner journey. The journey where she challenges her own and other’s prejudices and fears by meeting the people she has heard so little about, the people along the road in Iran.

The film is made by:
André Larsson – Producer / director / photographer / editor
Shamim Berkeh – Producer / director / editor
Jocke Gellertz – Composer
Soroush Morshedian - Photographer

www.alonethroughiran.com
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