BOY

short documentary

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.

genre
short documentary
duration
30 min.
format
DCP, FullHD, Colour
sound
5.1 DCP + TV 2.0
language
dari, farsi, english (subtitles: english, german)
production country
germany
country
Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan | London, United Kingdom
completion
April 2015
written and directed
Yalda Afsah & Ginan Seidl
featuring
Farahnaz Ghafor (Mazar-i-Sharif) & Elaha Soroor (London)
producers
Ray Peter Maletzki & Stephan Helmut Beier
dramaturgy
Merle Kröger
sound design
Steffen Martin
funded by
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Staatsministerium für Kultur und Medien, Brot für die Welt, Regierenden Bürgermeister von Berlin Senatskanzlei –Kulturelle Angelegenheiten, Künstlerinnenförderung, Werkleitz Gesellschaft e.V.