Afghan director Sahraa Karimi calls on international film community for support of Afghanistan’s film workers: “They will ban all art”

PARIS -- As a filmmaker, Shahrbanoo Sadat watched with fascination as Taliban fighters took over her city and terrified crowds animated the streets.

VENICE -- Afghan female filmmakers who fled the Taliban begged the world to not forget the Afghan people and to support its artists, warning Saturday that a country without culture will eventually lose its identity.The Venice Film Festival organized a panel discussion Saturday to give a platform to Sahraa Karimi, the first female president of the Afghan Film Organization, and documentary filmmaker Sahra Mani, who is presenting a project at the Venice film market fair.Karimi choked up while

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 notably attended by Afghan filmmakers Sahraa Karimi and Sahra Mani.

Naman Ramachandran Women filmmakers from Afghanistan made a powerful and emotional plea for international intellectual support at a panel at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.Fighting back tears, Sahraa Karimi, who wrote a hard-hitting open letter about the impact of her country being taken over again by the Taliban, did not mince her words about the current situation in the country.

iOS - Android In response to the situation in Afghanistan, a spokesman for the council told Lanarkshire Live today: "South Lanarkshire Council and Community Planning Partners will welcome five Afghan families (approximately 25 people) and arrival arrangements are being put in place to receive and resettle families as a matter of priority." Since 2015, more than 170 Syrian refugees were re-homed in the region following the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011.It is understood that COSLA

Kabul Airport, with clouds of black smoke pouring from the scene.It is not clear what the cause of the blast was or who was responsible for it.Pictures and footage circulated on social media show clouds of black smoke in the city.BBC journalist Secunder Kermani took to Twitter to say: "Afghan Health ministry source confirms there’s been another blast at Kabul airport… pictures circulating on social media."Unclear as of yet what the cause of the explosion was, or any casualty figures."Same source

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentThe upcoming Venice Film Festival is set to become a focal point for discussion on the crisis underway in Afghanistan and how it is impacting filmmakers and Afghan artists in general as the Taliban take power.As previously reported by Variety, Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, who is the first woman president of the country’s national film entity Afghan Film –– and made a recent appeal as she escaped from Kabul about the return of Taliban rule and the

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentAfghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, who was at the Venice Film Festival in 2019 with female-centric drama “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha,” will soon be traveling back to the fest to raise awareness about the plight of filmmakers in her country after the Taliban’s reclamation of power.Karimi is also head of state-run company Afghan Film –– the first woman to head the org –– and managed to flee her country shortly after Kabul fell into the Taliban’s grip.

Editors Note: Over the horrendous last couple of weeks as America began its final withdrawal from Afghanistan and Taliban zealots took control again after two decades, veteran foreign affairs correspondent and Only Cry for the Living: Memos from Inside the ISIS Battlefield author Hollie McKay has been back in the South Asian nation to see history sadly repeat itself.

refugees arriving in Glasgow from Afghanistan.Refuweegee, who help support refugees with their transition into life living in Glasgow, have called for help creating welcome gifts along with letters and messages of kindness for Afghans arriving throughout the month.The packs should include toiletries, school supplies, Scottish treats and a letter of welcome to the country.

Johnson to up the number of refugees resettled in the UK while emphasising that Scotland is “committed to playing our part” in an expanded programme. In a letter published while the PM was engaged in an emergency session of the G7 nations, Sturgeon said she required urgent information on how many Afghan civilians, especially women, girls and others in need of refuge, will be protected.

Shahrbanoo Sadat, the Afghan filmmaker whose credits include 2019 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight pic The Orphanage, has successfully fled Kabul, according to her Danish producers Adomeit Film.

Angelina Jolie finally joined Instagram in an official capacity – and is using her enormous reach to share the voices of those who are facing the crisis in Afghanistan head-on. In the "Maleficent" star's first-ever post to the popular platform, Jolie shared a letter she said she received from a teenage girl in Afghanistan.

post featured handwritten letters from the “scared” young girl amid the Taliban’s takeover of the country. “This is a letter I was sent from a teenage girl in Afghanistan,” Jolie’s caption began. “Right now, the people of Afghanistan are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely.

Angelina Jolie, 46, is officially on Instagram — and she has a very important message to share. The Oscar winner launched her own account on the social media platform on Friday (Aug. 20), and her first very post featured a heartbreaking letter that she received from a teenage girl in Afghanistan. The girl, whose name was blurred out by Angelina, detailed her fears of losing her rights amidst the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan. See the full letter below.

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Ellise Shafer administratorDonald Trump is making his views known on President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from Afghanistan.In an interview with Sean Hannity on his Fox News show Tuesday night, the former president called Biden’s handling of the situation “the greatest embarrassment in the history of our country.”Just two weeks before the U.S.