Flahertiana / Sonita

Sonita (12+)

Award for Discovery of New Subjects and New Heroes – “Silver Nanook”

Germany, Switzerland, Iran, 2015, colour, 90 min.
Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

Sonita is 18 and she escaped from Afghanistan to Iran. The girl loves rap and dreams of a musician’s career, though her family has other plans. They want to sell her as a bride to the new family. The price of the girl is 9000 dollars.

AWARDS

International URTI Grand Prix; New Talent Award – Biografilm; Youth Jury Award - Sheffield Doc/Fest; Audience Award – DocumentMadrid; Audience Award - One World International Film Festival; World Documentary Grand Jury Prize & Audience Award – Sundance; Audience Award & Doc U Award – IDFA.

20 September, Tuesday. 13:00
Pionerskaya St., 17,
Premier Cinema Center,
Cinema Hall №5,
The film is presented by its director20 September, Tuesday. 20:30
Pionerskaya St., 17,
Main Cinema Hall,
The film is presented by its director.

Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

was born in Tehran and studied filmmaking and animation in Tehran Art University. Her published essays and research include the book, “Animated Documentary: A New Way to Express,” published in Persian in 2009. Her short documentary works include Pigeon Fanciers (2000), A Loud Solitude (2010), Born 20 Minutes Late (2010), Going Up the Stairs (2011), and the animated documentary Cyanosis (2007).

FILMOGRAPHY

Pigeon Fanciers, 2000; Cyanosis, 2007; A Loud Solitude, 2010; Born 20 Minutes Late, 2010; Going Up the Stairs, 2011; Sonita, 2015.

Award for Discovery of New Subjects and New Heroes – “Silver Nanook”

Germany, Switzerland, Iran, 2015, colour, 90 min.
Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami