A Flickering Truth

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A Flickering Truth
File:A Flickering Truth poster.jpg
Directed byPietra Brettkelly
Written byPietra Brettkelly
Produced byPietra Brettkelly
CinematographyJacob Bryant
Music byBenjamin Wallfisch
Release date
  • 5 September 2015 (2015-09-05) (Venice Film Festival)
CountryNew Zealand
LanguageDari
Box office$5,382[1]

A Flickering Truth is a 2015 New Zealand documentary film written and directed by Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the Taliban capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2][3] It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4][5]

  • Ibrehim Arif
  • Mahmoud Ghafouri
  • Isaaq Yousif

Awards and accolades

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The movie received the Cercle D'or award for Best Documentary in the International competition at the Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke.[6]

See also

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References

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