SIMA’S SONG SIMA’S SONG ROYA SADAT

  • AFGHANISTAN | FRANCE | NETHERLANDS | SPAIN | TAIWAN

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  • FARSI DARI

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  • 2024

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  • 98 mins

Suraya and her inseparable friend, the talented singer Sima, try to cope in Afghanistan‘s unstable political landscape at the end of the 1970ies. From university halls to intimate gatherings, their contrasting visions of freedom clash and converge: Suraya, a wealthy advocate for communism, blinded by it‘s promise of equality, assumes a pivotal role within the pro-Russian faction, while Sima, a humble, conservative Muslim, skeptical of political power games, seeks refuge in tradition and gets married. Despite their differences, their shared conviction to women‘s rights still binds them in sisterhood.

ಕಾಬೂಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ 2023ರ ಸಮಯ. ಹಾದಿಬೀದಿಗಳು ಉದ್ವಿಗ್ನವಾಗಿವೆ. ನಿರ್ಭೀತ ಮಹಿಳೆಯರ ಗುಂಪೊಂದು ತಾಲಿಬಾನ್‌ ಆಳ್ವಿಕೆಯ ವಿರುದ್ಧ ಬೀದಿಗಿಳಿದು ಪ್ರತಿಭಟನೆ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಊಟ, ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಮತ್ತು ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯ ಬೇಕೆಂಬುದು ಅವರ ಕೂಗು. ಈ ಗುಂಪಿನ ನಾಯಕತ್ವವನ್ನು ೬೫ ವರ್ಷ ವಯಸ್ಸಿನ ಸುರಾಯಾ ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿದ್ದಾರೆ. 1978ರಲ್ಲಿ ಸುರಾಯಾ ಸಮಾನತೆಯ ಹಾಗೂ ರಷ್ಯಾ ಪರ ಪ್ರತಿಪಾದಕಿ. ಸುರಾಯಾ ಹಾಗೂ ಪ್ರತಿಭಾವಂತ ಗಾಯಕಿ ಸೀಮಾ ಬಿಟ್ಟಿರಲಾರದ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತೆಯರು. ಇಬ್ಬರೂ ಜತೆಗೂಡಿ ಅಫ್ಘಾನಿಸ್ಥಾನದ ಅಸ್ಥಿರ ಸರ್ಕಾರವನ್ನು ಸ್ಥಿರತೆಯತ್ತ ಕೊಂಡೊಯ್ಯುವುದೇಗೆ ಎಂದು ಚಿಂತಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಸುರಾಯಾ ಲಾಯರ್‌, ಸೀಮಾ ಸಂಪ್ರದಾಯಬದ್ಧ ಮುಸ್ಲಿಂ ಮಹಿಳೆ. ಅವರಿಬ್ಬರಲ್ಲಿ ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯವಿದ್ದರೂ ಮಹಿಳಾ ಹಕ್ಕುಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅವರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಮಾನ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯಿದೆ.

Producer(s) or Production Company :

Frank Hoeve, Alba Sotorra, Maeva Savinien, Stefano Centini

Screenplay :

Roya Sadat, Aziz Deildar, Roelof Jan Minneboo

Director of Photography :

Ton Peters

Editor :

Ana Pfaff, Ariadna Ribas

Music :

Xavi Font

Sound :

Dani Fontrodona

Cast :

Mozdah Jamalzadah, Niloufar Koukhani, Max Grosse, Nelofer Pazira, Leena Alam, Aziz Deildaar, Paeman Arianfar, Halima Ahmadi

Awards - Nominations | Screened | Official Selection :

Tokyo IFF (Asian Future Best Film), Red Sea IFF (Official Selection), Göteborg FF (Voyage), IFF Kerala (Official Selection), Seville European FF (Official Selection)

ROYA SADAT

Roya Sadat is the first female Afghan director of the post-Taliban era. She co-founded Roya Film House, the RFH Academy, and the Herat International Women’s FF and pioneered TV dramas for TOLO TV. With over 15 years of experience, her films have screened at Locarno FF, Busan IFF, and Palm Springs IFF. Her first feature, A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT (2017), was shortlisted for the Academy Awards 2018. She received the Malalai Medal, the International Women of Courage Award, and was featured as one of the world's top ten thinkers by Foreign Policy Washington DC.

  1. 1. THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE
  2. 2. DROWNING DRY
  3. 3. SALVE MARIA
  4. 4. THREE KILOMETRES TO THE END OF THE WORLD
  5. 5. MEMORIES OF A BURNING BODY
  6. 6. UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE
  7. 7. CAUGHT BY THE TIDES
  8. 8. FAMILIAR TOUCH
  9. 9. THE SECOND ACT
  10. 10. GRAND TOUR
  11. 11. HOLY COW
  12. 12. THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
  13. 13. GOOD ONE
  14. 14. POOJA, SIR
  15. 15. ALL SHALL BE WELL
  16. 16. QUEENS
  17. 17. BLACK DOG
  18. 18. LIONESS
  19. 19. DYING
  20. 20. ARMAND
  21. 21. SHAMBHALA
  22. 22. WAVES
  23. 23. OUR LOVELY PIG SLAUGHTER
  24. 24. THE HYPERBOREANS
  25. 25. ARCADIA
  26. 26. THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
  27. 27. TO A LAND UNKNOWN
  28. 28. ALGIERS
  29. 29. TO KILL A MONGOLIAN HORSE
  30. 30. BREATHING UNDERWATER
  31. 31. LA CASA
  32. 32. THE LAST ROMANTICS
  33. 33. STEALING ANGEL
  34. 34. THE EXILES
  35. 35. SHEPHERDS
  36. 36. GLIMMERS
  37. 37. LILIES NOT FOR ME
  38. 38. ANORA
  39. 39. QUIET LIFE
  40. 40. SEPTEMBER SAYS
  41. 41. THREE DAYS OF FISH
  42. 42. KYUKA: BEFORE SUMMER'S END
  43. 43. A HOUSE ON FIRE
  44. 44. LITTLE LOVES
  45. 45. DON’T YOU LET ME GO
  46. 46. NAWI
  47. 47. THE TIES THAT BIND US
  48. 48. THROUGH ROCKS AND CLOUDS
  49. 49. MY FRIEND AN DELIE
  50. 50. ONE OF THOSE DAYS WHEN HEMME DIES
  51. 51. YOUNG HEARTS
  52. 52. JANUARY 2
  53. 53. AN UNFINISHED FILM
  54. 54. FOUR MOTHERS
  55. 55. ON FALLING
  56. 56. BRIEF HISTORY OF A FAMILY
  57. 57. AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
  58. 58. THE PARTY’S OVER
  59. 59. THE VILLAGE NEXT TO PARADISE
  60. 60. MEASURES FOR THE FUNERAL
  61. 61. MOON
  62. 62. IVO
  63. 63. HAPPY HOLIDAYS
  64. 64. SIMA’S SONG
  65. 65. FLATHEAD
  66. 66. WINDLESS
  67. 67. MISERICORDIA
  68. 68. MONGREL
  69. 69. ACROSS THE SEA
  70. 70. THE DOG THIEF
  71. 71. PAYING FOR IT
  72. 72. FREWAKA
  73. 73. CROCODILE TEARS
  74. 74. THE GREAT YAWN OF HISTORY
  75. 75. FARUK
  76. 76. THE SHAMELESS
  77. 77. RED PATH
  78. 78. YASHA AND LEONID BREZHNEV
  79. 79. RICKERL
  80. 80. SLEEPING WITH A TIGER