Earth and Ashes

Earth and Ashes (Persian: خاکستر و خاک) is a 2004 Afghan film directed by Atiq Rahimi, based on his book of the same name which was published in 2000. It was Afghanistan's submission to the 77th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film but was not nominated.[1][2] It was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival.[3] It won the Golden Dhow award at the 2005 Zanzibar International Film Festival.[4]

Earth and Ashes
Directed byAtiq Rahimi
Written byKambuzia Partovi
Atiq Rahimi
Produced byDimitri de Clercq
StarringAbdul Ghani
CinematographyÉric Guichard
Edited byUrszula Lesiak
Release date
  • 13 May 2004 (2004-05-13)
Running time
102 minutes
CountryAfghanistan
LanguageDari

Cast
  • Abdul Ghani - Dastaguir
  • Jawan Mard Homayoun - Yassin
  • Kader Arefi - Fateh
  • Guilda Chahverdi - Zaynab
  • Walli Tallosh - Mirza Qadir
  • Malik Akhlaqi - Malik Khan

See also

References
  1. "50 Countries in Competition for Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2004-10-22. Archived from the original on June 11, 2007. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  2. "2005 Oscars 77th Academy Awards Nominees". Yahoo! Movies. 2005-01-25. Retrieved 2008-07-08.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Earth and Ashes". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-12-02.
  4. "Festival de Zanzibar : palmarès". Africultures.com. July 2005. Retrieved 2009-10-25.


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