A powerful panel to discuss the ongoing crisis in Afghanistan and the role the artistic community can play in increasing awareness was held at the Venice Film Festival this afternoon. It was notabl…
for support from cinema communities around the world as her country falls to the Taliban insurgency. Mani is a documentary filmmaker who is presenting her latest project at the CoProduction Market in here on the Lido.
Said Karimi, “Imagine, Sunday August 15 you start your normal day, but a few hours later you decide the most difficult decision of your life — stay or leave — you see the collapse of your dream, you country. It’s not just about me or other filmmakers, it’s about the younger generation of filmmakers.”She added, “Now Kabul and other big cities are dead cities. Within two weeks, the most promising young people, they just left.
Karimi didn’t come to Venice with solutions or seeking financial support. Instead, she said she was asking for “intellectual support, something that gives us hope that we don’t feel that we are going to die. Support for the Afghan people because we deserve to live in peace, in calm society and we deserve to fulfill our dreams.”
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