The Afghan Alphabet
This article is about the 2002 documentary. For the alphabets used in Afghanistan, see Persian alphabet and Pashto alphabet.
| The Afghan Alphabet | |
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| Directed by | Mohsen Makhmalbaf |
| Music by | Mohammad Reza Darvishi |
| Country | Iran |
The Afghan Alphabet (Persian: الفبای افغان, Alefbay-e afghan) is a 2002 documentary by Mohsen Makhmalbaf showing the life of children in the Afghan villages bordering Iran, and how their life and culture were affected by the Taliban regime.[1]
Importance
In 2002 about 3 million Afghan refugees were living in Iran. From those about 700,000 were Afghan children who were not allowed to go to Iranian schools because of their illegal status in Iran.[2] After this movie was made, this subject became controversial and finally the Islamic Consultative Assembly passed a bill to allow Afghani children to go to school and it resulted in 500,000 kids getting education.
Awards & Festival Screenings
- Best Film Award from Document ART International Film Festival, (Germany) 2002[2]
- Fajr International Film Festival, Iran 2002
- Gotteburg 2003
- Rio 2003
- Busan International Film Festival 2003
- Hong Kong 2003
- Greece 6 March 2002 (Thessaloniki Documentary Festival)
- USA 6 April 2002 (DoubleTake Documentary Film Festival)
- USA 2 June 2002 (Seattle International Film Festival)
- Canada 1 September 2002 (Montréal Film Festival)
- Japan 7 September 2002 (Tokyo)
- USA 4 October 2002 (Chicago International Film Festival)
- South Korea 18 November 2002 (Pusan International Film Festival)
- Singapore 3 May 2003 (Singapore International Film Festival)
- Hungary 4 October 2006 (TV premiere)
References
- ↑ http://www.wildbunch.biz/films/afghan_alphabet
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "BBC فارسی - فرهنگ و هنر - الفبای افغان در برنامه آپارات". BBC Online (in Persian). Retrieved 30 June 2013.
External links
- The Afghan Alphabet at the Internet Movie Database
- The Afghan Alphabet in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
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