Roqaia
Afghanistan, Bangladesh / Color / 11' / 2019 13+
After surviving a suicide bomb attack, 12-year-old Roqaia finds herself in the middle of a media frenzy, as she deals with her trauma all by herself.
Diana Saqeb Jamal
She was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. She started her filmmaking journey as a documentary filmmaker. Her first documentary, "Twenty-Percent", played a strong role in changing the European military policy to more human rights policy in Afghanistan. Her documentary film "Mohtarama", about Afghan women movement, won several awards including the best documentary at Yamagata International Film Festival.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Diana Saqeb Jamal
- Screenplay: Diana Saqeb Jamal
- Cinematography: Zabihullah Saifi Askari
- Editing: Soheil Flumme Ozlati
- music: Tin Soheili
- Sound Design: Jacques Pedersen
- Film Cast: Roqia Rasuli
- producer:: Bijon Imtiaz, Arifur Rahman
- original language: Dari
Filmography
- Dark Red (2016)
- Mohtarama (2013)
- Twenty Five Percent (2008)
English