{"id":37839,"date":"2021-11-25T10:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2021\/?p=37839"},"modified":"2021-11-25T11:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T10:01:12","slug":"interview-with-sahraa-karimi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2021\/interview-with-sahraa-karimi\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview with Sahraa Karimi"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Interview with Sahraa Karimi, Afghan film director<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='avia-video avia-video-16-9   av-lazyload-immediate  av-lazyload-video-embed  ' style='background-image:url(\"https:\/\/asianfilmfestival.barcelona\/2021\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Sahraa-Karimi-Getty-H-2021-1235048301-300x169.jpeg\");'  itemprop=\"video\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"  data-original_url='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ON5XjVg_sNc' ><script type='text\/html' class='av-video-tmpl'><div class='avia-iframe-wrap'><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Interview with Sahraa Karimi, Afghan film director\" width=\"1500\" height=\"844\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ON5XjVg_sNc?feature=oembed&autoplay=0&loop=0&controls=1&mute=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/script><div class='av-click-to-play-overlay'><div class=\"avia_playpause_icon\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>PRESIDENT OF THE AFGHAN FILM ORGANISATION | JURY MEMBER OF THE AFFBCN 2021&#8217;S OFFICIAL SECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Born in Tehran, <strong>Sahraa Karimi<\/strong> is an Afghan documentary filmmaker, director and producer. Her first contact with the world of cinema was acting in the Iranian film <strong><em>Daughters of the Sun<\/em><\/strong>, directed by Maryam Shahriar. She was the first Afghan girl to work in Iranian cinema, as well as the first female director of Afghan Film Organisation, and the first (and only) woman in Afghanistan to hold a PhD in film and directing. Her films focus on Afghan women, and in them she not only speaks about the discrimination they face, but also applauds their strength. 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