FESTIVALS: * IDFA,23 Luminous AWARDS: * DMZ Best Project winner / Whickers Award 2021 * Interreligious Award - Visions du Réel  | Kamay
In the remote mountains of central Afghanistan, a Hazara family embarks on a journey for truth and justice after their daughter Zahra mysteriously dies at Kabul University. Told through the eyes of Zahra’s younger sister, Freshta, the film is a moving contemplation of love, loss, and perseverance in spite of increasing unrest on the eve of the Taliban takeover of the country. REVIEWS "Afghani filmmakers Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran’s intense documentary immerses the viewer in the world of a Hazara family following the suicide of one of the daughters" Vladan Petkovic - CINEUROPA "This bitter and powerful documentary by Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran follows a Hazara family in central Afghanistan fighting for justice after their daughter’s suicide in Kabul." Abdul Latif - FILM FESTIVAL REPORT " Ilyas Yourish and Shahrokh Bikaran’s film is a trenchant examination of historical deprivation and oppression narrated in a mournful register. " Debanjan Dhar / High on Films " Haunting and multi-layered, this is a stunning debut doc on death, female resistance and knowledge in the mountains of Afghanistan." Carmen Gray - THE FILM VERDICT PRESS PHOTOS   
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