A Flickering Truth Explained
| A Flickering Truth |
| Director: | Pietra Brettkelly |
| Producer: | Pietra Brettkelly |
| Cinematography: | Jacob Bryant |
| Music: | Benjamin Wallfisch |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Language: | Dari |
| Gross: | $5,382[1] |
A Flickering Truth is a 2015 New Zealand documentary film written and directed by Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the Taliban capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the 72nd edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2] [3] It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[4] [5]
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.[6]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: A Flickering Truth (2016) . The Numbers . 18 September 2016.
- News: Freja Dam. Venice Film Fest 2015 Women Directors: Meet Pietra Brettkelly - 'A Flickering Truth'. 27 April 2016. Indiewire. 4 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20160530230909/http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/venice-film-fest-2015-women-directors-meet-pietra-brettkelly-a-flickering-truth-20150904. 30 May 2016. dead.
- News: Deborah Young. 'A Flickering Truth': Venice Review. 28 April 2016. The Hollywood Reporter. 20 September 2015.
- News: A Flickering Truth NZ's entry for foreign language Academy Award . News Hub . 12 September 2016 . 12 September 2016.
- Web site: Oscars: New Zealand Selects 'A Flickering Truth' for Foreign-Language Category . Pip . Bulbeck . . 21 September 2016 . 21 September 2016.
- Web site: Et les lauréats de la quatrième édition sont… . 10 April 2017 . 10 April 2017 . fcms.ca.
