The Quinzaine des Réalisateurs (Directors’ Fortnight), has selected The Orphanage (Parwareshgah), the second part of Shahrbanoo Sadat’s pentalogy, as one of the feature films it will be showing this year. Her first feature film, Wolf and Sheep, the first of a total of 5 films planned, screened at the sidebar in 2016 and was awarded with the main prize. The pentalogy is based on an unpublished autobiography by Shahrbanoo’s friend, Anwar Hashimi.
The Orphanage (Parwareshgah), directed by one of the few pioneer female Afghan directors: Shahrbanoo Sadat, was shot on locations in Tajikistan, Germany and Denmark.
The film is based on Anwar’s memories in a Kabul orphanage during 1980’s Afghanistan, when the country was under pro-Soviet rule. The teenager Qodrat goes from his life on the streets of Kabul to a Soviet orphanage, where he lives until the Mujahideen violently overtake the country and incites the civil war. The film shows the everyday life inside an orphanage in Afghanistan ruled by Soviet values. In addition, there are musical elements inspired by the Bollywood films from the time, which were screened in Afghan cinemas. The film is produced by Katja Adomeit for Adomeit Film in Denmark, co-produced by Adomeit Film in Germany, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma in France, Samsa Film in Luxembourg and Wolf Pictures in Afghanistan. It is funded by Eurimages-Council of Europe, Film Fund Luxembourg, Arri-International Support Program, Copenhagen Film Fund, The Danish Filminstitute, Cinema Du Monde, Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, World Cinema Fund, TorinoFilmLab, Cinereach, Creative Europe MEDIA, Hubert Bals, Asian Cinema Fund.
SHORT SYNOPSIS
In the late 1980’s, 15-year-old Qodrat lives in the streets of Kabul and sells cinema tickets on the black market. He is a big Bollywood fan and he daydreams himself in some of his favorite movie scenes. One day, the Police bring him to the Soviet orphanage. But in Kabul, the political situation is changing. Qodrat and all the children want to defend their home.
Biography - Shahrbanoo Sadat
Shahrbanoo is an Afghan female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010. Shahr - 20 years old at the time – was the youngest director ever selected. The film won the main award at Directors’ Fortnight 2016. Her second feature film, The Orphanage (Parwareshgah) follows Wolf and Sheep as being the second part of a planned pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography. It will be presented at Directors’ Fortnight in 2019.
Company profile - Adomeit Film
The Danish Adomeit Film solely produces cinematic pieces and in close relation with its directors. The productions have been screened worldwide at acclaimed festivals (Pine Ridge by Anna Eborn - Venice IFF, The Weight of Elephants & Loving Pia by Daniel Borgman - Berlinale, Team Hurricane by Annika Berg – Critics Week-Venice IFF. In addition, Katja Adomeit co-produced, through Coproduction Office, Ruben Östlund’s Force Majeure and The Square, which won the Golden Palm in Cannes in 2017.
Filmography-Shahrbanoo Sadat
“THE ORPHANAGE (Parwareshgah)”, 90 min, Feature, Denmark/Germany/ France/ Luxembourg/Afghanistan (Writer/Producer/Director) selected for Directors’ Fortnight 2019
"WOLF AND SHEEP” 86 min, Feature, Denmark/France/Sweden/Afghanistan, (Writer/Producer/Director) Developed with Cannes Cinéfondation Residence. Selected for Directors’ Fortnight 2016 and won the main prize.
“NOT AT HOME” 2013, 65 min, Hybrid, Denmark/Afghanistan/Germany (Scriptwriter/Director/Producer) Screened in BBC Persian (APARAT 2014), International Film Festival Rotterdam (official selection Bright Future 2014) CPH: DOX (Nordic: DOX competition 2013) Hamburger Dokfilmwoche 2014, Afghanistan Human Rights FF (out of competition 2013)
“WHO WANTS TO BE THE WOLF??” 2014, 11 Min, Fiction (Scriptwriter/ Director/Producer)
“VICE VERSA ONE” 2010, 9:30 min, Fiction (Scriptwriter/ sound/Director/Producer) Directors’ Fortnight 2011, New Directors New Films- MOMA 2011, Guanajuato International Film Festival 2011
“A SMILE FOR LIFE” 2009, 22 min, Doc (Director/Camera), Short Film Corner-2011
Filmography Katja Adomeit
“THE GREEN MOVIE”, +75, Status: Development, Writer/Director: Annika Berg
“HARPIKS”, 94, Status: postproduction. Director: Daniel Borgman
“THE ORPHANAGE (Parwareshgah)”, 90 min, Writer/Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat, Directors’ Fortnight 2019
“TEAM HURRICANE”, 96 min, Writer/Director: Annika Berg, Venice Critics Week 2017
“DREAMS BY THE SEA”, 78 min, Director: Sakaris Stora, Writer: Marjun Syderbø Kjelnæs
“LIDA”, 88 min, Writer/Director: Anna Eborn, CPH:DOX 2017, Visions du Reel 2017
“LOVING PIA”, 100 min, Writer/Director: Daniel Borgman, developed with Berlinale Residency 2015, Berlinale 2017
“WOLF AND SHEEP”, 2016, 86 min, Writer/Director: Shahrbanoo Sadat, developed with Cannes Cinefondation Residence. Selected for Quinzaine des Réalisateurs 2016 and won the main prize.
“PINE RIDGE”, 2013, documentary, 77 min, Writer/Director: Anna Eborn
Venice International Film Festival 2013 , MoMA, CPH:DOX, GIFF, DOCPOINT Helsinki, etc
“THE WEIGHT OF ELEPHANTS”, 83 min, 2012, Denmark/New Zealand/Sweden, developed with Cannes Cinefoundation Residence, Writer/Director: Daniel Borgman
COPRODUCER IN COPRODUCTION OFFICE DENMARK
“THE SQUARE”, 142 min, Writer/Director: Ruben Östlund, Producer: Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober. Palm d’Or, Cannes FF 2017
“FORCE MAJEURE”, 120 min, writer/Director: Ruben Östlund, delegate producer: Marie Kjelsson, Erik Hemmendorff, Philippe Bober.
Un certain regards-Cannes FF 2014, Toronto FF, nominated for Golden Globe.
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23.04.2019 | Cannes's blog
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