With: Ibrahim Arify, Isaaq Yousif, Mahmoud Ghafouri

Director/Producer/Screenplay: Pietra Brettkelly
Production co: PBK
Photography: Javob Bryant
Editors: Irena Dol, Margot Francis, Ken Sparks, Jacob Schulsinger, Cinzia Baldessari, Cushla Dillon, Nicolas Chaudeurge
Music: Benjamin Wallfisch

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REVIEWS

"The fourth feature-length offering from New Zealand documentary filmmaker Pietra Brettkelly is her most ambitious project yet. A Flickering Truth follows filmmaker Ibrahim Arify as he returns from exile to his native Afghanistan with the intention of restoring thousands of hours of Afghan films for the nation. Film was outlawed by the Taliban government, and although they have now been deposed their threat remains, particularly in the continuing suicide bombings in Kabul.

Arify’s task is not easy and his frustration is immediately felt as he struggles to unearth reels of film – some literally dug out of collapsing barns, and others hidden in ceilings and discovered by pure chance. He must also deal with a workforce often too scared to act after so many years of oppression.

As the project slowly comes to fruition, the importance of his work hits home: a collection of newly restored films is toured around the country, and rows and rows of spellbound faces – many seeing film for the first time – experience their own country’s rich artistic culture and history...”

​— Tom Webb, NZIFF 2016 

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FILM SOCIETY SCREENINGS

​Wellington Film Society
Monday, 24 April, 6.15pm

Auckland Film Society
Monday, 1 May, 6.30pm
 
Nelson Film Society
Thursday, 11 May, 6.00pm 
 
New Plymouth Film Society
Wednesday, 24 May, 6.30pm
 
Queenstown Film Society
Tuesday, 27 June, 8.30pm
 
Hamilton Film Society
Monday, 10 July, 8.00pm
 
Carterton Film Society
Friday, 4 August, 8.00pm
 
Tauranga Film Society
Saturday, 19 August, 6.15pm tbc
 
Dunedin Film Society
Wednesday, 30 August, 7.30pm
 
Palmerston North Film Society
Monday, 25 September, 6.00pm
 
West Melton & Districts Film Society
Thursday, 5 October, 7.45pm
 
Whanganui Film Society
Monday, 27 November, 7.00pm

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