BOY

by Ginan Seidl, Yalda Afsah
  • ROSENPICTURES Filmprod. GbR
  • ROSENPICTURES Filmprod. GbR
  • ROSENPICTURES Filmprod. GbR
  • ROSENPICTURES Filmprod. GbR
  • ROSENPICTURES Filmprod. GbR
  • ROSENPICTURES Filmprod. GbR

    Synopsis

    The short documentary BOY narrates through atmospheric pictures of urban environments and close observations the lives of an afghan girl which is raised as a boy in Mazar-e-Sharif and a young afghan singer, who meanwhile lives in London but wore boys clothes to be more free in afghan society.
    Both try to find a very special way to deal with their role in society and fight for their right to live a self determined life far away from conventional images of a woman/girl in Afghanistan.

    Festivals

    2015
    58. DOK Leipzig | German Competition
    2016
    13. Neiße Filmfestival
    13. Kurzsuechtig Kurzfilmfestival Leipzig | Jurypreis, Publikumspreis
    Dresdner Frauenkurzfilmnacht
    Filmkunsttage Land Sachsen-Anhalt 2015
    2017
    Tampere Film Festival | International Competition
    Human Rights Film Festival Argentinien
    XPOSED Queerfilmfestival Berlin | Jurypreis, Publikumspreis
    Jinzhen International Shortfilm Festival China | International Competition