Dusty night

  • Directed by Hazara Ali
  • Afghanistan, 2011
  • Workshops in Afghanistan - Kabul
  • Urban life, Work
  • Shooting place : Kaboul
  • Duration : 20 min
  • Audio : PRD
  • Subtitles : FR

Synopsis

At dusk, a team of sweepers come in from the outskirts and work at night, shadows amongst the shadows, displacing the heavy dust along an avenue, seen in the flashing lights of cars and glimmering shops, or a gas station.

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

International Student Film Festival

  • Place : Tel Aviv (Israel)
  • Date : 2012

Visions du Réel

  • Place : Nyon (Switzerland)
  • Date : 2012

Festival Côté Court

  • Place : Pantin (France)
  • Date : 2012

Festival Chalon tout court

  • Place : Chalon-sur-Saône (France)
  • Date : 2012

Festival Indo Persan

  • Place : Marseille (France)
  • Date : 2012

DokumentArt Film Festival

  • Place : Neubrandenburg (Germany)
  • Date : 2012

Kasseler DokFest

  • Place : Germany
  • Date : 2012

Cinéma du réel

  • Place : Paris (France)
  • Date : 2012

Rencontres Internationales du documentaire

  • Place : Montréal (Canada)
  • Date : 2012

DocLisboa

  • Place : Lisbon (Portugal)
  • Date : 2012

Poitiers Film Festival / Filmer le travail

  • Place : Poitiers (France)
  • Date : 2012

Musée du Quai Branly

  • Place : Paris (France)

IFCinéma (plateforme de l'Institut français)

  • Place : World

Internationale Exile Film Festival

  • Place : Göteborg (Sweden)
  • Date : 2013

Moscow Biennale of contemporary art

  • Place : Moscow (Russia)
  • Date : 2013

ZagrebDox

  • Place : Zagreb (Croatia)
  • Date : 2013

Montenegro Film Festival

  • Place : Herceg Novi (Montenegro)
  • Date : 2013

International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival

  • Place : Prague (Czech Republic)
  • Date : 2013

Festival International du Film d'Environnement

  • Place : Paris (France)
  • Date : 2013

CinemAmbiente Environmental Film Festival

  • Place : Turin (Italy)
  • Date : 2013

Rencontres internationales à Berlin

  • Place : Berlin (Germany)
  • Date : 2013

Afghanistan Human Rights Film Festival

  • Place : Afghanistan
  • Date : 2013

Echos d'ici, échos d'ailleurs

  • Place : Paris (France)
  • Date : 2019

Au Musée des civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée

  • Place : Marseille (France)
  • Date : 2020

Università degli Studi di Verona

  • Place : Vérone (Italy)
  • Date : 2021

Cinéma Le Cosmos

  • Place : Strasbourg (France)
  • Date : 2024

Ali Hazara

Director

Ali Hazara was born in a remote village, Ghvas, in Wardak Province, Afghanistan, 1977. He emigrated to Iran with his family in 1979 due to the dangers that threatened his father. He returned to Afghanistan in 2004. He started studying cinema with Atelier Varan in 2007, in Afghanistan. He hopes he can change the situation in Afghanistan by using arts. He writes songs, he makes films and parodies on television programs. However, after so many years remained a dark figure of his land in his mind, a dusty night.

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