Fakir’s bicycles

  • Directed by Hamid Ayubi
  • Afghanistan, 2009
  • Workshops in Afghanistan - Kabul
  • Urban life, Work
  • Shooting place : Kaboul
  • Duration : 26 min
  • Audio : PRD
  • Subtitles : FR

Synopsis

Fakir is a religious scholar who repairs bicycles for a living. He works in the street along one of Kabul’s oldest bridges. Through him, we encounter the humble and the poor of Kabul. He fixes their bicycles and entertains them with his various talents and a great sense of humor.

  • Direction : Hamid Ayubi
  • sound : tous les participants
  • edition : Véronique Sanson

Rewards, festivals and diffusions

Gulf Film Festival

  • Place : Dubaï (EAU)
  • Date : 2011

Traces de Vies

  • Place : Clermont-Ferrand (France)
  • Date : 2010

Forumdoc.bh

  • Place : Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
  • Date : 2010

Musée du Quai Branly

  • Place : Paris (France)

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Since 2006, more than 30 young Afghan filmmakers took part to the workshops in Kabul. 33 films were made there and initiated the resurgence of documentary films in the country.

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