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40Braids – Women and Cinema

“The Harder Life Was for Us, the Stronger the Images Were:”

As headlines blair possible peace talks between the U.S. and the Taliban, and with its intersection of politics and filmmaking, Hassan Fazili’s Midnight Traveler, is bound to be one of the festival circuit’s most discussed pictures this year.

Sunday 3 February 2019

‘On Her Shoulders’ Review: A Documentary About Yazidi Activist

A Documentary About Yazidi Activist Nadia Murad Becomes an Essential Portrait of the Strength Required to Speak Up

Wednesday 23 January 2019

The Montreal mission to restore once hidden, forbidden Afghan films

Forgotten films of the Cold War era are being brought back to life, in a documentary by Montreal filmmaker Ariel Nasr.

Friday 18 January 2019

Harvest Moon Documentary film

The canadian Film festival presents a documentary film : Harwest moon, in one of the oldest walnut forests in Kyrgyzstan.

Friday 18 January 2019

Tokyo Film Review: ‘Cold Sweat’

Film review: A female indoor soccer player takes her case to court when her husband won’t let her leave the country to play in the biggest match of her life.

Thursday 20 December 2018

In ‘The Judge,’ a Middle Eastern Trailblazer Upholds Women’s Rights

A conventional portrait of a highly unconventional woman, Erika Cohn’s documentary “The Judge” has a worthy subject in Kholoud al-Faqih, the first woman to be appointed, in 2009, to the Middle East’s religious courts.

Thursday 20 December 2018

“2,300 Miles to Work” A documentary film about tajik migrants

An illustrator captures one of the world’s largest migrations from Tajikistan to Moscow.

Saturday 10 November 2018

A kazakh film ‘The Gentle Indifference Of The World’

A kazakh film ‘The Gentle Indifference of the World’ premiered at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival.

Saturday 10 November 2018

Animation video – Letters from child brides

ABAAD in Lebanon made an animated video, Letters from child brides.

Thursday 20 September 2018

At Mumbai film fest, Cecilia cries out about child trafficking

Hindustan Times Gautaman Bhaskaran Pankaj Johar’s Cecilia is centred around the issue of child trafficking in India. The film will be screened at the MAMI (in the 2016 edition) Cecilia alongwith Pankaj Johar and his […]

Wednesday 29 August 2018