THE SILHOUETTES (2020)
Saayeha
At the height of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan in 1982, 1.5 million Afghans took a long journey to the of Iran to flee war. TAGHI, born after that generation, and unwilling to inherit the limitations Of his parents' refugee status, navigates outside the protective walls of his family to trace his identity and the doors to his future in the homeland he never knew. As war continues to rage in Afghanistan, what future awaits him in which land?

Directed by Afsaneh Salari
Produced by Jewel Maranan, Afsaneh Salari
Production: Cinema Is Incomplete, Docmaniacs
Supported by: Sundance Institute,
Asian Network of Documentary, Visions Sud Est
Awards and Screenings

Jury Special Mention | International Competition
Visions du Reel (Switzerland)

Young Talent Award | Competition
Iranian Film Festival Zurich - (Switzerland)

Documentary Section | Rendezvous with Madness (Canada)

Official Selection | Kassel DokFest (Germany)

First Prize I Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival

Best Picture I Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival Feature Length
Competition | Iranian International Documentary Film Festival: Cinema Verite Documentary Competition I Fajr International Film Festival 2021 (Iran)

Feature Length Competition I MiradasDoc 2021 (Spain)

Official I Thin Line Film 2021 (U.S.A.)
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THE SILHOUETTES (2020)
Saayeha

At the height of the USSR's invasion of Afghanistan in 1982, 1.5 million Afghans took a long journey to the of Iran to flee war. TAGHI, born after that generation, and unwilling to inherit the limitations Of his parents' refugee status, navigates outside the protective walls of his family to trace his identity and the doors to his future in the homeland he never knew. As war continues to rage in Afghanistan, what future awaits him in which land?

Directed by Afsaneh Salari
Produced by Jewel Maranan, Afsaneh Salari
Production: Cinema Is Incomplete, Docmaniacs
Supported by: Sundance Institute,
Asian Network of Documentary, Visions Sud Est
Awards and Screenings

Jury Special Mention | International Competition
Visions du Reel (Switzerland)

Young Talent Award | Competition
Iranian Film Festival Zurich - (Switzerland)

Documentary Section | Rendezvous with Madness (Canada)

Official Selection | Kassel DokFest (Germany)

First Prize I Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival

Best Picture I Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival Feature Length
Competition | Iranian International Documentary Film Festival: Cinema Verite Documentary Competition I Fajr International Film Festival 2021 (Iran)

Feature Length Competition I MiradasDoc 2021 (Spain)

Official I Thin Line Film 2021 (U.S.A.)