Sahraa Karimi

Sahraa Karimi (born 1985) is an Afghan film director and the first female chairperson of the Afghan Film Organisation (Afghan Film).[2][3] She is the first and the only woman in Afghanistan who has a PhD in cinema and filmmaking.[2][4][5]

Sahraa Karimi
Born1985 (age 35–36)[1]
Tehran, Iran
NationalityAfghan, Slovak
EducationBachelor's, Master's and PhD from Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
Known for
  • First female general director of Afghan Film in 2019
  • Directing Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (2019)

Background

Karimi was born and raised in Tehran,[6][7][8][9] educated in the Czech Republic and Slovak Republic,[10] and came back to Afghanistan in 2012 where she lives and works.[11] She received her PhD degree in the field of Cinema (Fiction Film Directing & Screenwriting) from the Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Bratislava, Film and Television Faculty.[11] Light Breeze, a documentary she made during her time in the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, went on to win a Sun in a Net Awards (highest film awards in Slovakia) for Best Short Fiction Film.[1]

On returning to Afghanistan she helped open Kapila Multimedia House, to promote independent Afghan filmmakers.[12] In 2019 she became the first female chairperson of the government Afghan Film since its beginning in 1968. She was the only woman to apply for the job, and was competing against four others, all of whom were men.[13]

Her first professional work was a documentary, Searching for Dream, which was exhibited at the Dhaka International Film Festival in 2006. Her other notable works include Afghan Women behind the Wheel which won around 20 awards at major film festivals, including Academy awards in Slovakia and best documentary film at the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival.[14][15] In 2019, she directed the film Hava, Maryam, Ayesha, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and was nominated for an Orizzonti/ Horizon Prize (Award for Best Film).[16]

Works
  • Hava, Maryam, Ayesha (2019)[3]
  • Parlika (2016)[14]
  • Afghan Women Behind the Wheel (2009)[14]

References
  1. "Sahraa Karimi". Bratislava International Film Festival. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  2. Atakpal, Haseba (19 May 2019). "Sahraa Karimi To Lead Afghan Film As First Female Chairperson". TOLOnews. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  3. Vourlias, Christopher (30 August 2019). "Filmmaker Sahraa Karimi Defies Odds With Kabul-Set Drama 'Hava, Maryam, Ayesha'". Variety. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  4. Hamid, Tamim (19 May 2019). "Angelina Jolie Describes Sahraa Karimi's Appointment As Historic". TOLOnews. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  5. Mehmood, Arshad (21 May 2019). "Exclusive: Afghanistan Appoints Woman to Head State-run Film Company". The Media Line. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  6. "Core of Iran Noruz in family: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi". Tehran Times. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  7. "گفت‌وگو با صحرا کریمی، فیلم‌ساز افغان:وقتی کنار آقای بیضایی قرار گرفته بودم از شدت هیجان اشک می‌ریختم | پایگاه خبری تحلیلی سینما سینما". cinemacinema.ir. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  8. "صحرا کریمی رییس 'افغان فیلم' شد". www.afghanpaper.com. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  9. "Jolie congratulates Karimi for her historic appointment as the director of Afghan Film". The Frontier Post. 19 May 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2019.
  10. Rezapoor, Manijeh (24 March 2019). "Core of Iran Noruz in family: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi". Tehran Times. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  11. "Sahraa Karimi". Asia Peace Film Festival. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  12. "Sahraa Karimi: "The taste of freedom is a powerful antidote to oppression"". International Federation for Human Rights. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  13. Salahuddin, Sayed (16 May 2019). "Afghan film body gets its first female boss". Arab News. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  14. "Parlika". Bratislava International Film Festival. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  15. Chatak, Hasan Mansoor (11 January 2014). "Sahraa Karimi: Woman's storytelling technique varies greatly from that of a man's". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  16. Frater, Patrick (6 September 2019). "Venice: Angelina Jolie Gives Shout-Out to Afghan Film 'Hava, Maryam, Ayesha'". Variety. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
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