The director Sahara Karimi was in Kadıköy as the guest of Kadıköy Municipality Cinema House on Tuesday, November 30th. In the event organized in cooperation with the Afghan Refugees Solidarity and Assistance Association and the Crime and Punishment Film Festival, a talk titled “Women and Resistance in Afghanistan” was held. Moderated by Dr. At the meeting with Kerem Gülay, Karimi talked about the political and social developments in Afghanistan, the difficulties experienced by the women living in Afghanistan, and her movie, which will be called "Flight from Kabul", in which she will tell the story of her escape from Afghanistan. Saying that she was in Istanbul for the 11th International Crime and Punishment Film Festival, Karimi said, "I was a member of the jury at the festival held in 2019 and was chosen to head the Afghan Film Organization.
I was full of energy, I had hopes and dreams. Now I have lost my home, my hopes, my dreams, my organization, my country and my job. I'm a storyteller and all I got was my movie. You know what happened in Afghanistan on August 15 and what we lost. Our country, our hopes and the promises made to us have vanished.” said.
“THE WORLD DID NOT SEE OUR SUCCESS”
Kerem Gülay's "Who is to blame for what happened?" Answering the question, Karimi said, “It is difficult to answer this. Depends on what political angle you look at it from. If you look from the perspective of the people of Afghanistan, we blame our politicians, the world and the international community. If we are to be honest with ourselves, we are among those responsible for this decline. If you don't appreciate what you have, you lose it. We had freedom of expression. Our women were free and they could go to university, they could have relationships, they could work. We did not share these achievements with the world. The world has not seen Afghanistan achieve much in the past 20 years.
We did not share these achievements with the world. The world has not seen Afghanistan achieve much in the past 20 years. Our press has constantly made publications showing misery. They did not show our achievements. This instilled confidence in the Taliban. They looked stronger than they were. We were successful in cinema, they didn't show it, we were good at science, and they didn't show it. In city life, women were successful, but they did not show them. Unfortunately, we couldn't write the story of it. If you don't write your own story for your country, others will write new stories for you.” said.
“If you see bombs and dead people the first time you wake up in the morning, this is starting to become normal.” Karimi said: “They destroyed us with stories written by others. And when they realized that the new generation had managed to create an original story, they didn't let it be written. Our government was not an ideal government. We had many problems, but even this corrupt government had some successes. We were very strong emotionally, the real struggle is not won with spirituality. After August 15, my generation, our youth, our dreams were shattered.”
“WE HAVE TO TALK”
Saying that the Taliban is at the center of all public discussions, Karimi said, "Now is the time to speak up.
Because Afghanistan will not be in the news. We have to keep the discussions about Afghanistan alive for at least another year.
I'm the only one in the movie industry to do this. Our life is in suitcases and you get tired of traveling all the time. I think my home is just my suitcase after the Taliban. If you think you will have your voice heard, and even if the audience is one person, you have to raise your voice.”
ESCAPE FROM KABUL
Director Sahra Karimi will bring the story of her escape from Afghanistan to the big screen.
The film, which will be titled “Flight from Kabul”, will describe the 40-hour escape process of director Karimi and her family, starting from Kabul and ending in Kiev, after the Taliban took control of Afghanistan.
Talking about her movie, Karimi said that there will be parts about Turkey in the movie and continued: “I will not only tell about the escape from Kabul in my movie.
I will also tell you that there was a life there before. When they watch the movie, they will think, 'There was life here, why did we destroy it?'
After the fall of Kabul, my films started to be watched more. While this is pleasing, it is also sad. It's hard to make a positive movie for Afghanistan now that the disaster is so obvious."
Stating that many well-educated people left Afghanistan after August 15, Karimi said, “I am talking about strong women, educated women, women who can be hope for the future.
If we are going to talk about the post-August 15th, our dreams and our youth have been shattered and we are in a million pieces.” he said.
Source:gazetekadikoy