The Forbidden Strings

    • Hasan Noori
    • Iran, Afghanistan, Qatar
    • 2019
    • 72 min
    • World Premiere
    • Luminous
    Akbar, Hakim, Soori and Mohammad are born to Afghan parents in Iran and dream of being rock stars. Never allowed to perform a concert in Iran, they take a dangerous journey from Iran to Afghanistan - a mother land they've never seen - in order to perform their first concert in front of the ruins of Buddha, in Bamiyan.

    This film will only be available in Docs for Sale on November 23, after its World Premiere.

    Credits

    Director
    Hasan Noori
    Production
    Afsaneh Salari for Docmaniacs, Hasan Noori

    Contact

    World Sales
    Afsaneh Salari for Docmaniacs
    Festival Handling
    Afsaneh Salari for Docmaniacs

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    Available versions
    72, DCP, color
    Spoken languages
    Persian

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    Luminous

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    IDFA Bertha Fund harvest at IDFA 2020

    • October 17, 2019

    IDFAcademy harvest at IDFA 2020

    • October 25, 2019

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    • November 21, 2019

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      IDFA history

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      idfaberthafund_01 IDFA Bertha Fund
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      Supported with €5000 for Classic: Development

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