Special | Blinks of Afghanistan
In the special program “Blinks of Afghanistan” we focus on the diversity of Afghan short films. Through a selection of works, we experience insights from Afghanistan’s war-torn society as well as from the diaspora. From socio-political contradictions, intimate experiences and the complexity of identity and homeland.
This special was realized in cooperation with the Goethe Institute in Exile and was curated by Zamarin Wahdat.
YELLOW
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil and face an uncertain future.
Language: Dari (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Elham Ehsas |
| Cast | Afsaneh Dehrouyeh |
Colorless
Narges is a girl with a passion for dancing. Whenever she dances, her brother beats her, until he realizes that she is dancing for their mother.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Abdul hamid Mandgar |
Content Notes
The Red Bicycle
In rural Afghanistan, Farzana runs away from her abusive marriage. Meanwhile, in the city, Mahal is arrested for a “moral crime”. A red bicycle opens two windows into the world of two Afghan women.
Language: Dari (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Fazila Amiri |
| Cast | Farzana Nawabi |
| Mahal Wak | |
| Cinematographer | Salar Pashtoonyar |
| Music | Steve Singh |
| Producer | Salar Pashtoonyar |
| Screenplay | Fazila Amiri |
| Sound Designer | Scott Hitchon |
| Sound Mixer | Musa Rustami |
Content Notes
Hills and Mountains
In a hybrid docu-fiction, an Afghan woman dives into her experiences that have pushed her to the margins of her society.
Language: Dari (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Salar Pashtoonyar |
Filmorgh (Elephantbird)
A minibus drives over the mountains to Kabul. In it is an old man with the last wish to give his grandchild an elephantbird (turkey). But the realization is more difficult than expected.
Language: Dari (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Amir Masoud Soheili |
| Producer | Rohani Sayed Jalal |
Content Notes
Death to freedom
An animation about the complexity of war: money, power and violence impact different ethnic groups in Afghanistan.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Mohammad Nasir Hashimi |
The Reels
A short film about how listening to music is a legitimate need of all human beings, just as for the people of Afghanistan. It considers the prohibition of this necessity to be an inhuman act.
Language: Without Dialogue
Credits
| Director | Lajaward Haqiqi |
Labour
On the run. The contractions of Darya are getting stronger and stronger. The only one who could help her is the doctor Rahman. But Darya’s husband won’t allow a man to touch his wife.
Language: Dari (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Aria Azizi |
| Camera | Jana Pape |
| Cast | Nassir Alghas |
| Mohsen Arya | |
| Assil Housseini | |
| Frishte Sadat | |
| Editing | Michal Kuleba |
| Producer | Aria Azizi |
| Niklas Seehausen | |
| Screenplay | Aria Azizi |
Content Notes
Why are you sad Mother?
A mother is lost in memories of the past, of a life once lived and a daughter is left to catch up with a world she was never a part of.
Language: Dari (English Subtitles)
Credits
| Director | Parwana Haydar |
| Cinematographer | Zamarin Wahdat |
| Editing | Michael Eilers |
| Music | Michael Eilers |
| Screenplay | Parwanar Haydar |
| Sound Designer | Bela Brandes |
| Sound Mixer | Bela Brandes |
| Artist | Samira Teimori |
| Shayestah Wahdat |
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