PAIKAR
Niederlande, Iran, Afghanistan 2025 – Director: Dawood Hilmandi – Original language: Dari, Dutch, English – Subtitles: English – Length: 97 min.
Following the sudden death of his brother, filmmaker Dawood Hilmandi seeks to finally come to terms with his relationship to his authoritarian father. During a journey from exile in Iran back to his homeland in Afghanistan, the strict cleric begins to open up. What unfolds is a family saga, captured in a kaleidoscopic style and pieced together with insight and care. A.M.H.
Biography
Dawood Hilmandi is an Afghanistan-born filmmaker, editor and artist. His acclaimed video essay ME MONTAGE opened the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. PAIKAR premiered at IDFA, where it won the Best First Feature Award.
Filmography
ME MONTAGE, NL, 2016, 22 min
WHERE IS KURDISTAN, NL, AF, 2016, 22 min (as editor, Director: Aboozar Amini)
PERCEPTION, NL, 2016, 55 min (as editor, director: Frank Scheffer)
In cooperation with the Goethe-Institut
Nominated for the DOK.horizonte Competition – Cinema of Urgency
The films nominated for this award tell stories from the Global South. They are supported by ENGAGEMENT GLOBAL with funds from the BMZ, the award is endowed with 5,000 euros. Donor is the Petra-Kelly-Stiftung.
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Production: BALDR Film. Producer: Frank Hoeve, Katja Draaijer. International Sales: Taskovski films
