During the closing ceremony of “the 4th International Women’s Film Festival – Herat” held in Kabul, Afghanistan on 22 Oct. 2016 the winners of this edition of the festival were announced.
The Fiction “Water” directed by Seyedjalal Rohani from Afghanistan was awarded as the Best short fiction  by the international jury.

Water
Director: Sayedjalal Rohani, Afghan
Genre: Fiction
Date & Country of Production: 2015, Afghanistan
Language: Dari
Duration: 14 minutes
Synopsis: A girl dreams of studying, but she has to work. One day, she stands outside the window of a school class and learns to write ‘water’, but…


Director’s Biography and Filmography
Sayedjalal Rohani was born in Kabul in 1989 and is a graduate of Film Directing from Kabul University. He has attended filmmaking workshops organised by the French Institute Afghanistan and the British Council, acted in short films and directed four short films: two documentaries “Successful women of Afghanistan” and “Sound of flute”, and two short fictions “Life” and “Water.” The latter won the prize for the Best Actress in New Vision Festival of Saba Television.