Synopsis
In rural Afghanistan, people are storytellers who make up and tell each other tales of mystery and imagination to explain the world in which they live.The shepherd children own the mountains and, although no adults are around, they know the rules; they know that boys and girls are not allowed to be together.
Producer Katja Adomeit
Production Company Adomeit Film
Co-Production La Fabrica Nocturna Productions, Wolf Pictures, Zentropa Sweden
Most important cast Sediqa / Qodrat / Amina, Sahar
Language Hazaragi with English subtitles
Biography
Shahr was born in 1990 in Teheran, Iran. She is a young Afghan woman, scriptwriter and director based in Kabul. Shahr studied documentary filmmaking at the Atelier Varan Kabul, a French Workshop. Her first short fiction film Vice Versa One was selected at Directors’ Fortnight in 2011. In 2013, she launched her production company Wolf Pictures in Kabul. Her film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residency in 2010, Shahr was 20 years old at the time - the youngest ever selected.
Filmography
2016 Wolf and Sheep / 2013 Not at Home / 2011 Vice Versa One