Kathmandu, March 26 -- Although you never intended to marry or have children, life seldom adheres to your plans, and you ultimately find yourself as a wife and mother. This is what happens to Ellen Vuosalo, as life's unpredictability places her in unforeseen circumstances. But she is determined to stop being a pawn of fate.

The documentary 'Mother of Snow Cranes' chronicles the life of this brave woman, Vuosalo. The title is so because she is known as the 'Mother of cranes' in Iran for her Siberian snow crane conservation work there.

It begins by introducing Vuosalo as a strong-willed young woman. The story moves back and forth, in retrospect and present. The scenes of retrospection are shown through old archival footage and personal ph...