The festival, which runs between Friday, 23rd July and 27th July 2010, features, documentaries and shorts, to give a celluloid glimpse into the joys, sorrows and adventures of everyday life in Afghanistan. Like the wider festival, the film festival encourages the exchange of ideas between artists and audiences through a series of Q&A sessions from visiting filmmakers.
The Tricycle welcomes talent including international award-winning director Siddiq Barmak, who ran the Afghan Film Organisation until 1996, when his work was banned by the Taliban. His most acclaimed work Opium War (Best Film, Rome Film Festival 2008) will be shown alongside a selection of his shorts, all screened in conversation with the director, to celebrate one of the most significant individuals in Afghan culture today (Saturday, 24th July 2010).
Other guests over the five day festival include directors Martin Herring and Havana Marking, alongside screenings of Afghan Star, following the post-Taliban Pop Idol-style television programme, and their more recent Vote Afghanistan! (Friday, 23rd); directors Lucy Gordon and Jawed Taiman who attend as part of an evening around The Poppy & Afghanistan, with screenings of This Is My Destiny and Addicted In Afghanistan (Monday, 26th); plus the controversial film The Dancing Boys Of Afghanistan, alongside a Q&A with director Jamie Doran (Tuesday, 27th); and an evening of shorts entitled An Afghan Perspective made by first time filmmakers in Kabul, which offer a personal perspective to the realities of life in the country (Tuesday, 27th).
For more information on the event, visit the festival’s official website here.
Addicted in Afghanistan
Afghan Star
Opium War
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