افغانهای جوان
Directed by Makez Rikweda • 2010 • Afghanistan
Young Afghans follows three charismatic students as they navigate their final year of university in Kabul. As Farzana, Mauj and Sabawoon discuss their hopes and dreams for the future, we also catch a glimpse of Afghanistan’s future. Shot in 2010-2011, this film captures a generation at a turning point.
زینت، یک روز بخصوص
Directed by Ebrahim Mokhtari • 2002 • Iran
To work as a nurse, Zinat became the first woman from the Island of Qeshm in the south of Iran to remove the traditional veil (Boregheh). A health care worker for 13 years, she eventually got involved in social and political activities...
Mina, the director, is a girl from Shiraz who gets married in order to move to Tehran. Influenced by her own life, she decides to make a documentary about the girls nationwide who, like Azar, move to Tehran (the capital city) to start an independent life away from their families’ watchful eyes an...