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''A Letter to the President'' is a 2017 Afghan
drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Roya Sadat Roya Sadat (born 1983) is an Afghan film producer and director. She was the first woman director in the history of Afghan cinema in the post-Taliban era, and ventured into making feature films and documentaries on the theme of injustice and restr ...
. It was selected as the Afghan entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...
at the
90th Academy Awards The 90th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 2017, and took place at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was held on March 4, ...
, but it was not nominated.


Plot

Soraya, a low-level government official, is imprisoned when she defends a woman from village lords. Behind bars, she writes the Afghan President for help.


Cast

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Leena Alam Leena Alam (Persian Language, Persian: , born in Kabul, Afghanistan) is an Afghans, Afghan film, television, and theater actress. She has appeared in films such as ''Kabuli Kid'', ''Black Kite (film), Black Kite'', ''Loori'', ''A Letter to the P ...
as Soraya * Aziz Deldar as Behzad


See also

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List of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film This is a list of submissions to the 90th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award ...
*
List of Afghan submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film Afghanistan has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 2002, following the fall of the country's previous Taliban government. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture ...


References


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* 2017 films 2017 drama films Dari-language films Afghan drama films {{2010s-drama-film-stub