{"id":30255,"date":"2020-10-19T11:40:25","date_gmt":"2020-10-19T09:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/?post_type=portfolio&#038;p=30255"},"modified":"2020-11-17T11:14:03","modified_gmt":"2020-11-17T10:14:03","slug":"facing-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/film-item\/facing-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"FACING THE DRAGON"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  \" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UVSRq1KWpfo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-25915 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_1_PLAY.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"988\" height=\"642\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div   data-size='no scaling'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='fade'  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src=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_4.jpg\" width=\"988\" height=\"642\" title='AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_4' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_4.jpg 988w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_4-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_4-768x499.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2020\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/AFGHANISTAN_FACING-THE-DRAGON_4-705x458.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'>Previous<\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'>Next<\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div   avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  \" ><h1><span style=\"color: #af17f8;\">Facing the Dragon<\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Afghanistan<\/span><\/h4>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #999999;\">SPECIAL SECTION<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Director: Sedika Mojadidi<br \/>\nYear: 2019<br \/>\nDuration: 80\u2032<br \/>\nLanguage: VOSE \/ VOSC<br \/>\nGenre: Documentary<\/p>\n<p><div   class=\"togglecontainer   toggle_close_all  avia-builder-el-3  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first \" >\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-1\">Synopsis<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-1\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"   >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p>In this documentary, the director followed the lives of two extraordinary Afghan women for four years: Nilofar, a member of parliament, and Shakila, a television journalist. The withdrawal of American forces and international aid to Afghanistan leaves democracy and women&#8217;s recent victories hanging by a thread, so Nilofar and Shakila must choose between motherhood and their professional ambitions in the face of growing threats to them and their families.<\/p>\n            <\/div>        <\/div>    <\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_toggle_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\"  >    <div role=\"tablist\" class=\"single_toggle\" data-tags=\"{All} \"  >        <p data-fake-id=\"#toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggler \"  itemprop=\"headline\"    role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-controls=\"toggle-id-2\">Director\u2019s Biography<span class=\"toggle_icon\" >        <span class=\"vert_icon\"><\/span><span class=\"hor_icon\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>        <div id=\"toggle-id-2\" class=\"toggle_wrap \"   >            <div class=\"toggle_content invers-color \"  itemprop=\"text\"   ><p><strong>Sedika Mojadidi<\/strong> is an independent film director, producer and screenwriter. She was born in Afghanistan but grew up in Florida. In 2006 she directed her first documentary Motherland Afghanistan, which follows her father&#8217;s struggle to make a difference in maternal mortality in the country. Over the past decade Sedika has produced and directed several projects for television networks such as Discovery Channel and Humans Rights Watch, A&amp;E, TLC, New York Times Television, ABC News and The Guardian Multimedia. She has done several shoots in Afghanistan since 2003. 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