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10 articles available in total starting from 18/05/2019. Last article published on 09/12/2024.

Review: Sima’s Song

Review: Sima’s Song

The political eclipses the personal in Roya Sadat’s film about two friends living in Afghanistan on the eve of the 1978 Soviet invasion  

09/12/2024 | Red Sea 2024

Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori • Director and co-director of Writing Hawa

Interview: Najiba Noori, Rasul Noori • Director and co-director of Writing Hawa

“It’s not just my mum's story; it’s also the story of so many other women who have been through the same experiences”

The director and co-director, also siblings, describe the shared intentions behind their film, a personal look at their mother’s life and three generations of women in Afghanistan  

27/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

Review: Writing Hawa

Review: Writing Hawa

Najiba and Rasul Noori leverage their own subjectivity to create a tremendously powerful work on emancipation, freedom and opportunity for women in Afghanistan  

26/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for IDFA International Competition title Writing Hawa

EXCLUSIVE: Poster for IDFA International Competition title Writing Hawa

Shot over the course of five years, Najiba Moori’s documentary follows three generations of Hazara women in Afghanistan  

06/11/2024 | IDFA 2024

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Roya Sadat’s historical drama film Sima’s Song

EXCLUSIVE: Trailer for Roya Sadat’s historical drama film Sima’s Song

The movie, premiering at Tokyo, tells a tale of friendship and ideological clashes as two women navigate the complexities of Afghanistan's shifting political landscape  

09/10/2024 | Tokyo 2024

Review: Kamay

Review: Kamay

Afghani filmmakers Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran’s intense documentary immerses the viewer in the world of a Hazara family following the suicide of one of the daughters  

22/04/2024 | Visions du Réel 2024

Samereh Rezaie • Actress and director

Interview: Samereh Rezaie • Actress and director

“Cinemas and cultural centres have been closed”

The Afghan artist talks about how important it is for the international community to continue supporting women and human rights in Afghanistan  

03/09/2021 | /Afghanistan

Samereh Rezaie • Actress and director of I'm a Happy Actress

Interview: Samereh Rezaie • Actress and director of I'm a Happy Actress

“Many Afghani refugees coming to Europe are actually born and raised in Iran”

We chatted to Afghani filmmaker Samereh Rezaie at the Fajr International Film Festival about being an Afghani woman filmmaker living in Iran and why many refugees are coming to Europe  

05/06/2019 | Fajr 2019

Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director of The Orphanage

Interview: Shahrbanoo Sadat • Director of The Orphanage

“Some people feel I don’t talk enough about war and politics in my films”

CANNES 2019: Afghan director Shahrbanoo Sadat breaks down The Orphanage, the second part of a planned pentalogy that began with the acclaimed Wolf and Sheep  

22/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors’ Fortnight

Review: The Orphanage

Review: The Orphanage

CANNES 2019: Following her acclaimed feature debut, Wolf and Sheep, Shahrbanoo Sadat continues to explore the recent history of Afghanistan through the eyes of children  

18/05/2019 | Cannes 2019 | Directors' Fortnight

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