Daughter
Filmfest 2015
OT: DUKHTAR
Norway, Pakistan, USA 2014
Original version with English subtitles
(Original: Pashto, Urdu)
German Premiere
Director: Afia Nathaniel
Section: Spotlight
In the mountains of Pakistan, a mother and her 10-year-old daughter flee their home on the day of the child’s marriage to a tribal leader. A deadly hunt for them begins...
"For me the seed of the film really was in a true story that I heard many, many years ago while I was working on women's rights. It was about this mother from the tribal regions of Pakistan who runs away with her two young daughters and the whole film unfolded as a story of this woman's courage and dignity in the face of some very impossible conditions, and how she met those challenges... Pakistan is a very difficult country when it comes to telling stories about women. For the longest time nobody was interested in financing a film with two women in the lead – a mother and a child – and no conventional hero; the whole idea of doing a road trip film without a song and dance routine on top of it was something very difficult to fight for in our local industry."
Afia Nathaniel in an interview with awards-circuit.com
Cast: Samiya Mumtaz, Mohib Mirza, Saleha Aref
Credits
Screenplay: Afia Nathaniel
Director of Photography: Armughan Hassan
Film Editor: Armughan Hassan
Composer: Sahir Ali Bagga, Peter Nashel
Production Designer: Nauman Kashif
Costume Design: Nauman Kashif
Sound: G.M. Chand
Producer: Afia Nathaniel, Muhammad Khalid Ali
Production Company: Zambeel Films
Co-Producer: Cordelia Stephens, Thea Kerman, Noman Waheed, Shrihari Sathe, Carsten Aanonsen
Co-Production Company: The Crew Films, Infinitum Productions, Indie Film, Mint Productions
World Sales: Dukhtar Productions
Director: Afia Nathaniel
