25.02.2018

in search of

IN SEARCH OF is a poetic quest for something that is getting invisible. The film visualises reasons and consequences of the disappearing pashtoon culture along the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan. A cinematic time capsule on something that is about to get lost.

Screenings
70. Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland 2017
International Student Film Festival Belgrade, Serbia 2017
FiSH Rostock, Germany 2018 – WINNER Sputnik Award
Fusion Festival Lärz, Germany 2018
Field Recordings 3, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2021
Aesthetica Shortfilm Festival, UK 2021
Released worldwide by nowness

Starring:
Zaman Khan
Aftaab Jan
Sohaib Jan
Natasha Zubair

directed, produced, shot & edited | Daniel Asadi Faezi
co-directed and written | Sadam Badshah
music | Fasih Ullah
re-recording mix | Andrew Mottl
color grading | Claudia Fuchs

watch full movie online:

2017 | Pakistan | 6 minutes | fiction | Cinemascope | pashto OV with english subtitles