Zara Balfour

Zara is a director and producer with 18 years experience in all forms of documentary and content. She has won awards at film festivals including Berlin (Prix UIP, Best European Short Film), London, European Film Awards and Creative Review. Children of the Snow Land is Zara's first feature documentary. Children of the Snow Land tells the extraordinary story of children born in High Himalayas of Nepal. At 4 years old, they're sent to school in the city, hoping education means a better life. They do not see their parents again for 12 years. Now, aged 16, they trek home...