AFGHANISTAN by Farid Rahimi
A project curated by Luca Cerizza
Produced by Centro Itard Lombardia, and realized with the support of the Italian Council XII edition, under the Ministry of Culture's General Directorate of Contemporary Creativity.
“We will tell the story of Afghanistan, without ever truly going there. We will evoke these places through the direct voices of those who have been there, who have lived there, through anecdotes, memories, and dramatic tales of war...” – Farid Rahimi
A podcast documenting the entire project journey has been created, curated by Marco Enrico Giacomelli and Sirio Schiano lo Moriello. The podcast series, was previewed on Radio Arte and is available on platforms such as Amazon Music/Audible, Google Podcasts, and Spotify, as well as the Centro Itard Lombardia website.
“An incredible expression of the diaspora experience, focused solely on Afghanistan, but without a single shot from the homeland.
Its tender, beautiful cinematography and music, creates the sense of the new, strange, and unfamiliar in the host countries, even decades after seeking refuge.
This thoughtfuland deeply moving film becomes a universal conversation on exile.”