WRITING HAWA

By Najiba NOORI, Ali Rasul NOORI

FIRST HAND FILMS - as SALES All rights, World

Documentary - Completed 2024

The fight of a woman in Afghanistan for her dream to be literate.

Festivals
& Awards

IDFA 2024
Fipresci
    • Year of production
    • 2024
    • Genres
    • Documentary
    • Countries
    • AFGHANISTAN, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, QATAR
    • Languages
    • FARSI
    • Duration
    • 84 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Najiba NOORI, Ali Rasul NOORI
    • Producer(s)
    • Christian POPP (TAG Film), Hasse VAN NUNEN
    • Synopsis
    • Forced into marriage as a child, Hawa learns to read and write when she's 52. With the support of her daughter, the filmmaker, she even opens a small textile business. However, with the return of the Taliban to power, her dreams, along with those of her daughter and granddaughter, are shattered as they face new struggles.