KARLOVY VARY 2023 KVIFF Eastern Promises
Sahraa Karimi and Wanda Adamík Hrycová • Director and producer of Flight from Kabul
"We're going to make this film for the women of Afghanistan and for a free Afghanistan"
by Ana Stanic
The director and the producer discuss their project, which follows an Afghan filmmaker whose wedding plans are destroyed when the Taliban seize Kabul
Director Sahraa Karimi and producer Wanda Adamík Hrycová (Slovakia's Wandal Production) discuss their project Flight from Kabul, winner of KVIFF Eastern Promises' MIDPOINT Feature Launch Works in Development Award, which follows a successful Afghan filmmaker whose wedding plans are horribly destroyed when the Taliban unexpectedly seize Kabul, and who finds herself facing a life-changing decision.