Die Ochserer und Traumfabrik Kabul
Thu 28.04.
20:00
Cinema
Arsenal 1
Director
Sebastian Heidinger
Germany / 2012
approx. 30 Min.
/ Digital file
/ Original version
Original language
German
In the first part of the evening, research materials for an unfinished film project called DIE OCHSERER will be shown. Sebastian Heidinger wrote: “The birth of a running bullock or buying one at an livestock market, the rearing process, training, association meetings, and further stages on the way to the 2012 race will spin an narrative thread that allow us to head off on excursions into different individual life realities. Traditional and religious festivals and economic interconnections within the community will bring together our protagonists again and again and thus also form the fabric of a Bavarian village.”
Director
Sebastian Heidinger
Germany, Afghanistan / 2011
82 Min.
/ Digital file
/ Original version with German subtitles
Original language
Dari, German
TRAUMFABRIK KABUL received its world premiere at the Berlinale Forum and is a portrait of Afghan police officer, actor, and film producer Saba Sahar, who wants to entertain and educate with her films in equal measure and use them to stand up for the rights of Afghan women in particular. Saba Sahar has been a police officer in Kabul for 18 years. But she is also an actor, director, and producer. As a representative of the state executive but also as a filmmaker, the central thrust of her work is to challenge the everyday violence against Afghan women. She stands up for her cause with impressive matter-of-factness, even though her position is in open contradiction of Afghan family law. Sahar’s strength is her unwavering passion for her broken country: in a place where women’s rights are being stamped on, she strikes back with the weapons of cinema. (nw)
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