Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, who was at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 with female-centric drama “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” will soon be traveling back to the fest to raise awareness about the plight of filmmakers in her country after the Taliban’s reclamation of power.
Karimi is also head of state-run company Afghan Film –– the first woman to head the org –– and managed to flee her country shortly after Kabul fell into the Taliban’s grip. In an open letter carried by international media earlier this month, she sounded the alarm about the return of Taliban rule and the potential death knell for the country’s cinema.
In a WhatsApp message, Karimi on Saturday confirmed to Variety that she will be in Venice to continue her campaign for the protection of Afghan filmmakers and for women in general.
There was no immediate comment from the Venice Film Festival, but it’s...
Karimi is also head of state-run company Afghan Film –– the first woman to head the org –– and managed to flee her country shortly after Kabul fell into the Taliban’s grip. In an open letter carried by international media earlier this month, she sounded the alarm about the return of Taliban rule and the potential death knell for the country’s cinema.
In a WhatsApp message, Karimi on Saturday confirmed to Variety that she will be in Venice to continue her campaign for the protection of Afghan filmmakers and for women in general.
There was no immediate comment from the Venice Film Festival, but it’s...
- 8/28/2021
- by Nick Vivarelli
- Variety Film + TV
Javid Sina, an Afghan refugee based in Sweden, has had a life punctuated by borders. First in Iran, where he spent his childhood, and where as an Afghan he was abused, unable to go to school, and forced to educate himself through the books his family kept at home, from Dostoyevsky to Rumi. Then migrating to Sweden, which he did by foot when he was 15 years old, around ten years ago, after being passed around by a series of exploitative smugglers.
And even today, now that he just finished film school in Göteburg, he saw his ambitions restricted by borders again as he tried to make it to Haugesund for the Norwegian Intl. Film Festival-Haugesund. This time though, his path wasn’t blocked due to his foreign nationality, but because of Covid-19 restrictions. Norway currently welcomes visitors from across Europe who are fully vaccinated and have received their second dose more than 7 days before traveling,...
And even today, now that he just finished film school in Göteburg, he saw his ambitions restricted by borders again as he tried to make it to Haugesund for the Norwegian Intl. Film Festival-Haugesund. This time though, his path wasn’t blocked due to his foreign nationality, but because of Covid-19 restrictions. Norway currently welcomes visitors from across Europe who are fully vaccinated and have received their second dose more than 7 days before traveling,...
- 8/27/2021
- by Alexander Durie
- Variety Film + TV
The award-winning director is best known for Wolf And Sheep and The Orphanage.
Award-winning Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat has made it out of Afghanistan after a tense few days awaiting safe passage, her Copenhagen-based producer Katja Adomeit has announced.
Sadat is best known for her second feature Wolf And Sheep, which won the main award at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2016, and third feature The Orphanage, which also played in the parallel section in 2019.
“With the help of the French government and from people all around the world, Shahrbanoo made it after many days together with nine family members through the...
Award-winning Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat has made it out of Afghanistan after a tense few days awaiting safe passage, her Copenhagen-based producer Katja Adomeit has announced.
Sadat is best known for her second feature Wolf And Sheep, which won the main award at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2016, and third feature The Orphanage, which also played in the parallel section in 2019.
“With the help of the French government and from people all around the world, Shahrbanoo made it after many days together with nine family members through the...
- 8/23/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
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