''A Flickering Truth'' is a 2015 New Zealand
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
written and directed by
Pietra Brettkelly
Pietra Brettkelly (born 1965) is a New Zealand filmmaker, known for her documentaries. She is a documentary filmmaker submitted three times for Oscar consideration, a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and was recentl ...
. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the
Afghan Film archives in
Kabul
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following the
Taliban
The Taliban (; ps, طالبان, ṭālibān, lit=students or 'seekers'), which also refers to itself by its state (polity), state name, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamic fundamentalism, Islamic fundamentalist, m ...
capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the
72nd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
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. It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Cast
* Ibrehim Arif
* Mahmoud Ghafouri
* Isaaq Yousif
Awards and accolades
The movie received the Cercle D'or award for Best Documentary in the International competition at the Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke.
See also
*
*
List of New Zealand submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
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New Zealand Film Commission - A Flickering Truth
2015 documentary films
New Zealand documentary films
Dari-language films
Films directed by Pietra Brettkelly
Documentary films about Afghanistan
Documentary films about cinematography
Films scored by Benjamin Wallfisch
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