''A Flickering Truth'' is a 2015 New Zealand
documentary film
A documentary film (often described simply as a documentary) is a nonfiction Film, motion picture intended to "document reality, primarily for instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". The American author and ...
written and directed by
Pietra Brettkelly. It follows the attempts by Ibrahim Arify to restore the
Afghan Film archives in Kabul following the
Taliban
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capture of the city. It world premiered in the Venice Classics section at the
72nd edition of the
Venice Film Festival
The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival (, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival held in Venice, Italy. It is the world's oldest film festival and one of the ...
. It was selected as the New Zealand entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film at the
89th Academy Awards
The 89th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best 2016 in film, films of 2016, and took place on February 26, 2017, at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Californ ...
but it was not nominated.
Cast
* Ibrehim Arif
* Mahmoud Ghafouri
* Isaaq Yousif
Awards and accolades
The movie received the Cercle D'or award for Best Documentary in the International competition at the Festival Cinéma du monde de Sherbrooke.
See also
*
List of submissions to the 89th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
*
List of New Zealand submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
External links
*
New Zealand Film Commission - A Flickering Truth
2015 documentary films
2015 films
New Zealand documentary films
Dari-language films
Films directed by Pietra Brettkelly
Documentary films about Afghanistan
Documentary films about cinematography
Films scored by Benjamin Wallfisch
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