Synopsis
A group of workmen wearing orange overalls are counted, one after the other, before being driven off through the streets of Kabul by lorry. Bashi Gul Azam and his crew of twelve have a mission: to clean the gutters of Kabul. With the aid of a large, patched up shovel, they dig out the rubbish that has gathered in the gutters. Wherever their mission takes them, they meet the people of Kabul, witty and eager to tell the world what’s going wrong.
Rewards, festivals and diffusions
Festival International Jean Rouch
Festival Champ contre champ
Festival International du Film d'Environnement
Rencontres Henri Langlois
Musée du Quai Branly
Hamed Alizadeh
Director and producer
Born in 1981, Hamed Alizadeh studied film and theatre at the Kabul University of Art. Since 2002, he has been a trainer and manager of the Asman Theatre Group, directing Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", Bertolt Brecht's "Man for Man" and Islavomir Morzhwik's "On the Sea". He then worked as an editor and photojournalist for the JAMEAH Weekly in Kabul, then as a director and producer of a children's programme on Rah-e Farda TV before becoming director of the children's department on the same channel. Between 2009 and 2011, he took part in documentary filmmaking training courses at the ateliers Varan. Before 2009, he worked on several short fiction and documentary films as a scriptwriter, director and editor. His film ==Check Point== was selected for prestigious festivals such as Visions du Réel in Nyon, Switzerland. He is now a producer and director mostly interested in social issues in Afghanistan.
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