WF Online Series 2022
Circling the Garden - Part two
10 - 17 November 2022
We are partnering with Susann Wintsch from Treibsand for this last program of our 2022 online Series. Susann has curated the ongoing exhibition; The Other Kabul. Remains of the Garden at the Kunstmuseum Thun (03.09 - 04.12.2022). The exhibition brings together works by around 20 Afghan and non-Afghan artists.
Susann has invited us to curate a film program for the symposium organised around the exhibition. We proposed to present the program in two parts. On November 4th, we presented part I of our program at the end of a symposium hosted by the Bern Academy of the Arts (HKB) and presented by Treibsand and Kunstmuseum Thun.
On November 10th, Part II comes online for one week. We will be looking at contemporary films and videos from Afghanistan, Switzerland and Canada and dedicate our last online program of the year to the following films and videos:
QURUT, Recipe of a possible extinct food
by Shahrbanoo Sadat
Afghanistan, 2019, 5 min 16, music with English Subtitles
Its dawn, far away in a village in rural central Afghanistan. A young woman is milking a goat while her little boy is assisting her, holding on to the animal’s horns. She cooks Quruti, one of the most popular meals in Afghanistan, particularly in the central region. Over the years however, less Quruti has been made, as the Afghans struggle to feed their animals. Mountain pastures have dried up with climate change having affected rain patterns and soil fertility in the whole region.
Kaboul Song
by Lisbeth Koutchoumoff, Wolgrand Ribeiro
Switzerland, 2014, 52 min, French/Persian with English subtitles
After 20 years of exile in Switzerland, popular Afghan singer Ustad Arman returns to Kabul to be a judge on the show “Afghan Star.”
The Boxing Girls of Kabul
by Ariel Nasr
Canada, 2011, 52 min, Persian with English subtitles
In this feature documentary, a remarkable group of young Afghan women dream of representing their country as boxers at the 2012 Olympics, embarking on a journey of both personal and political transformation.
A Smile for Life
by Shahrbanoo Sadat
Afghanistan, 2009, 22 min, Parsi-Dari with English subtitles
Ghezal is 20. She has a tangible difference with the other girls of her age. She tries to live in harmony with her classmates at school and her family at home, despite her difference. Quite a challenge when you are only 70 centimeters tall.
The Forbidden Reel
by Ariel Nasr
Canada, 2019, 119 min, Dari, English with English subtitles
Driven to create amidst war and chaos, Afghan filmmakers gave birth to an extraordinary national cinema. Driven to destroy, Taliban extremists set out to torch that legacy. Marvelling in the beauty and fragile power of movies, Afghan-Canadian director Ariel Nasr crafts a thrilling and utterly original story of modern Afghanistan.
WF Online series second edition include four curated screening programs each giving a curatorial focus featuring Basel, Swiss and international productions. Each program is available for one week.
This project is made possible thanks to the financial support of the Mary & Ewald E. Bertschmann-Stiftung, the Division of Cultural Affairs Basel-Stadt and the collaboration of point prod.