Documentary director Sahraa Karimi held the world premiere of her narrative debut “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” at the 2019 Venice Film Festival in the Orizzonti section in September and that was just the beginning of a stream of well deserved achievements. The film is in fact Karimi’s labor of love, a project to empower Afghan women. Karimi, who was recently appointed head of the state-run Afghan Film Organization has not only directed the film, but also co-written it and co-produced it with Iranian female producer and sales agent Katayoon Shahabi from Noori. A good commercial success in Afghanistan, “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” was chosen in September as the national entry for the international feature film award at the 92nd Academy Awards.
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” is screening at
Festival des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul
The film’s focus is on the stories of three very different women in Kabul who only brush...
“Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” is screening at
Festival des Cinémas d’Asie de Vesoul
The film’s focus is on the stories of three very different women in Kabul who only brush...
- 2/13/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Nancy Kwan, Lena Khan, Hiroyuki Sanada, and Tiffany Chu were honored with awards during the Asian World Film Festival, which took place Nov. 6-14.
In its fifth year, the Awff teamed up with the Snow Leopard Trust again to raise awareness for the endangered snow leopard and its ecosystem in the high mountains of Asia.
“The World of Suzie Wong” actor Kwan received the Awff Lifetime Achievement Award; Sanada, the Snow Leopard Outstanding Cinematic Achievement Award; Chu, the 2019 Snow Leopard Rising Star Award; and Khan took home the Awff American Red Cross/ Tiffany Circle Courage to Dream Award.
Additionally, Suium Sulaimanova accepted the inaugural Hollywood Foreign Press Association Snow Leopard Short Film award for her film “My Friend – My Enemy.”
Other winners of the festival were announced in a closing ceremony hosted by actor and co-founder of Asians in La Nancy Yoon. View the complete list of winners from the...
In its fifth year, the Awff teamed up with the Snow Leopard Trust again to raise awareness for the endangered snow leopard and its ecosystem in the high mountains of Asia.
“The World of Suzie Wong” actor Kwan received the Awff Lifetime Achievement Award; Sanada, the Snow Leopard Outstanding Cinematic Achievement Award; Chu, the 2019 Snow Leopard Rising Star Award; and Khan took home the Awff American Red Cross/ Tiffany Circle Courage to Dream Award.
Additionally, Suium Sulaimanova accepted the inaugural Hollywood Foreign Press Association Snow Leopard Short Film award for her film “My Friend – My Enemy.”
Other winners of the festival were announced in a closing ceremony hosted by actor and co-founder of Asians in La Nancy Yoon. View the complete list of winners from the...
- 11/15/2019
- by BreAnna Bell
- Variety Film + TV
As the daughter of refugees who fled Afghanistan for a new life in Iran, Sahraa Karimi never lost touch with her parents’ homeland, whose culture and traditions were kept alive in her Tehran household. But as the years passed, and her pursuit of a career in filmmaking took her to Europe, the distance between Karimi and Afghanistan grew. Suddenly, the director was faced with a difficult choice.
“Somehow, from a storytelling perspective, I don’t belong to this part of the world,” she said, recalling her studies in Slovakia. “I belong to Afghanistan.”
Karimi returned to Kabul to shoot “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” her fiction feature debut that has its world premiere in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival. The film is produced by Katayoon Shahabi (Noori Pictures), who has helped introduce Iranian filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi and Mohammad Rasoulof to the world.
Inspired by a longing to deepen her understanding of Afghanistan,...
“Somehow, from a storytelling perspective, I don’t belong to this part of the world,” she said, recalling her studies in Slovakia. “I belong to Afghanistan.”
Karimi returned to Kabul to shoot “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” her fiction feature debut that has its world premiere in the Horizons section of the Venice Film Festival. The film is produced by Katayoon Shahabi (Noori Pictures), who has helped introduce Iranian filmmakers such as Asghar Farhadi and Mohammad Rasoulof to the world.
Inspired by a longing to deepen her understanding of Afghanistan,...
- 8/30/2019
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Tim here. A week ago today, two things happened: the Academy announced the complete list of submissions for the Best Foreign Language Film race, and the 50th Chicago International Film Festival opened. That's put me in a position to see a lot of those submissions firsthand, and this week and next I'll be sharing my quick thoughts on several of the ones that the Film Experience hasn't otherwise looked at.
Afghanistan: A Few Cubic Meters Of Love
In a grubby part of Tehran, a population of Afghan refugees ekes out a small living and strives to retain their culture and sense of worth while dodging the police. Against this background, a young Afghan woman (Hasiba Ebrahimi) and an Iranian boy (Saed Soheili) fall in love, only to find their relationship threatened when her father decides to flee Iran. So it's yet another Romeo & Juliet riff, although in this case the...
Afghanistan: A Few Cubic Meters Of Love
In a grubby part of Tehran, a population of Afghan refugees ekes out a small living and strives to retain their culture and sense of worth while dodging the police. Against this background, a young Afghan woman (Hasiba Ebrahimi) and an Iranian boy (Saed Soheili) fall in love, only to find their relationship threatened when her father decides to flee Iran. So it's yet another Romeo & Juliet riff, although in this case the...
- 10/17/2014
- by Tim Brayton
- FilmExperience
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