Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Color, 4K, 16:9, 1:2/39, Surround 5.1, 24 fps, 86 min, 2019, Afghanistan
Synopsis
Three Afghan women from different social background, living in Kabul, are facing a big challenge in their lives. Hava, a traditional pregnant woman whom no one cares about, is living with her father and mother in law. Her only joy is talking to the baby in her belly. Maryam, an educated TV news reporter, is about to get a divorce from her unfaithful husband, but finds out she is pregnant. Ayesha, an 18-year old girl accepts to marry her cousin because she is pregnant from her boyfriend who disappears after hearing the news. Each of them has to solve her problem by herself for the first time.
Cast & Crew
Director Sahraa Karimi
Director of Photography Behrouz Badrouj
Sound Asqar Abgoon
Sound Design Mohammad Reza Delpak
Editor Mastaneh Mohajer
Screenplay Sahraa Karimi, Sami Hasib Nabizada
Cast Arezoo Ariapoor (Hava), Fereshta Afshar (Maryam), Hasiba Ebrahimi (Ayesha)
Assistant Director Mohammad (Kaveh) Ayreek
Production Manager Ahmad Shah Sultani, Sami Hasib Nabizada
Producers Katayoon Shahabi, Sahraa Karimi
Makeup Designer Maryam Faqirzada
Set Designer Sakineh Gholamali
Music Saba Nedaei, Ali Tavakoli
Still Photographer Mohammad Aqeel Payeez
Investor Ahmad Shah Sultani
Festivals
Photos
Sahraa Karimi
DIRECTOR’S Statement
Born in 1985, Sahraa Karimi comes from the second generation of Afghan refugees in Iran. At the age of fifteen, she played as an actress in two Iranian films which brought her to study cinema in Slovakia and graduated with a PHD of directing. During these years, she has made more than 30 short fictions and documentaries, some of which won numerous awards in international film festivals.
After 10 years of making many shorts and documentaries, she returned to Kabul. She made two documentaries there which were successful internationally and were broadcasted through ARTE France and BBC. “Hava, Maryam, Ayesha” is her first feature film which was shot entirely in Kabul with Afghan actors.