BAMBIRAK

When 8 year old Kati from Afghanistan stows away in her fathers truck, Faruk must juggle his responsibilities as a single dad while holding down his first job in a new country. As their relationship deepens, a brush with covert racism tests the bond between a father and daughter.

photos © Lorena Duran
  • Genre
    Coming-of-Age Story
  • CATEGORY
    Short
  • YEAR OF PRODUCTION
    2021
  • DIRECTOR
    Zamarin Wahdat
  • CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Lorena Duran
  • CAST
    Lara Cengiz, Kailas Mahadevan, Merlet Collet, Oscar Zikur, Käthe Dugaro, Frieda Dugaro, Thomas Dugaro, Ahmad Wahdat
  • PRODUCER
    Joy Jorgensen
  • CO-PRODUCER
    Raphael Langenscheidt
  • PRODUCTION COMPANY
    Killjoy Films
  • RUNTIME
    14 min
  • LANGUAGE
    German, Afghan, English
  • FESTIVALS (selection)
    Sundance Film Festival 2021, Show Me Shorts Film Festival 2020, Uppsala Film Festival 2020, First Run Wassermann Award Finalist 2020, Independent Film Festival Osnabrück 2020, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Prize 2021
  • AWARDS
    Best Student Short Filmfest Osnabrück 2020, Sundance Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction 2021
  • SALES
    Killjoy Films
    kontakt@killjoyfilms.de
    www.killjoyfilms.de
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