Dream of light (Ebrahim Bamyani)

Synopsis

Sediq and Yousof work for the small electricity distribution sub-station in the district of Char Qala-e-Wazirabad. From day to day, they have to deal with the electricity shortage and repair the derelict installations. The film follows them as they're working and reveals life in a popular neighbourhood of Kabul.

Direction : Ebrahim Bamyani
Image : Ebrahim Bamyani
Sound : Taj Mohammad Bakhtari, Reza Hosseini Yamak & Saïd Sulaiman Sanjar Azizi
Edition : Séverin Blanchet

Themes : Urban life Work
Keywords : Neighbourhood Poverty Housing
Shooting place : Afghanistan
Shooting format : DV

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

Festival International Jean Rouch

Place : Paris (75)
Date : 2010

Festival Terres d'Ailleurs

Place : Machecoul (44)
Date : 2009

Doclisboa

Place : Lisbonne (Portugal)
Date : 2009

Festival International du Film

Place : Fribourg (Suisse)
Date : 2008

Semaine du film documentaire

Place : Fès (Maroc)
Date : 2008

DOK

Place : Leipzig (Allemagne)
Date : 2008

Films d'autres part

Place : Lausanne (Suisse)
Date : 2008

Festival International du court-métrage

Place : Téhéran (Iran)
Date : 2008

Festival Itinérances

Place : Alès (30)
Date : 2007

Champs contre champs

Place : Lasalle (30)
Date : 2007

International Documentary Film Festival

Place : Téhéran (Iran)
Date : 2007

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