Kamay

After a young girl from the mountains of central Afghanistan mysteriously commits suicide inside Kabul University, her family’s calm rural life enters into a painful and exhausting process. Parents are looking for justice in a country on the verge of collapse and Freshta -their younger daughter- attempts to gain admission to the same university.

After a young girl from the mountains of central Afghanistan mysteriously commits suicide inside Kabul University, her family’s calm rural life enters into a painful and exhausting process. Parents are looking for justice in a country on the verge of collapse and Freshta -their younger daughter- attempts to gain admission to the same university.

Info & Credits

Directed by

Shahrokh Bikaraan & Ilyas Yourish

Stage

Post-production

Co-Producers

Clin D’oeil Films, Temps Noir, RohFilm Factory

Editor

Joelle Alexis

Country

Afghanistan, Belgium, France, Germany

Length

100 mins & 52 mins

Language

Persian/ Hazaragi dialect

Support from

Flanders Audiovisual Fund IDFA Bertha Fund Close Up Initiative Docs Up Fund DMZ Industry Sundance Documentary Fund Catapult Film Fund The Whickers Award Berlinale World Cinema Fund Pascal Decroos Fund Centre de l’Audiovisuel à Bruxelles Locarno Open Doors (Consultancy)

Presented at

Close Up Initiative 2019-2020 DMZ Industry 2020 MEDIMED 2020 IDFA Forum 2020 FIFDH Geneva 2021 Berlinale EFM 2022