First film we will show on the evening of Thursday 18th Nov is called Afghan Star. It is a documentary about an American Idol style program on Afghanistan's Tolo TV. The first series of this program was amazing, very emotional to watch Afghans coming out to sing after a decade of ban on music under the Taliban. When I was leaving the country in January 2010 the latest series was showing, with a man from Helamand province reaching the semi finals. On Friday night (19th Nov) we're showing Return to Kandahar, starring Nelofar Pazira, an Afghan Canadian who goes in search of her childhood friend to Kandahar. You get to see the harsh but beautiful landscape of Western Afghanistan.
Next film is one of my favourites, Osama, showing on Saturday morning. I have watched this film so many times and each time I have felt a pain in my heart for what this film represents.
Later on Saturday we are showing two films by Roya Sadat, a master film maker, an Afghan woman only in her twenties. This is your chance to discover the world that Sadat creates, a world full of colours and some pains that comes with being an Afghan woman. The finale of our small festival is Earth and Ashes. It is made and made by Atiq Rahimi who won France's Prix Goncourt. How exciting is that?
If you would like to buy a ticket please visit the Afghanistan Embassy at 240 Argyle or Jacobsons at 141 Beachwood. You also send an email to aff.ottawa@gmail.com to request tickets or call 613 983 7242
and here is the poster for the festival.
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