| Earth and Ashes | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Atiq Rahimi |
| Written by | Kambuzia Partovi Atiq Rahimi |
| Produced by | Dimitri de Clercq |
| Starring | Abdul Ghani |
| Cinematography | Éric Guichard |
| Edited by | Urszula Lesiak |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | Afghanistan |
| Language | Dari |
Earth and Ashes (Persian: خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed and co-written by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated.[1][2] It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It won the Golden Dhow award at the 2005 Zanzibar International Film Festival.[4]
Cast
[edit]- Abdul Ghani - Dastaguir
- Jawan Mard Homayoun - Yassin
- Kader Arefi - Fateh
- Guilda Chahverdi - Zaynab
- Walli Tallosh - Mirza Qadir
- Malik Akhlaqi - Malik Khan
See also
[edit]- List of submissions to the 77th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- 16 Days in Afghanistan
References
[edit]- ^ "50 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2004-10-22. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "2005 Oscars 77th Academy Awards Nominees". Yahoo! Movies. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Earth and Ashes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
- ^ "Festival de Zanzibar : palmarès". Africultures.com. July 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-25.
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