Utopia (2015 film)

Utopia is a 2015 Afghan drama film directed by Hassan Nazer and Produced by Chris Robb. The film was selected as the Afghan entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.[1][2] However, it was disqualified a few days prior to its Academy screening for having too much dialogue in English.[3] The Afghan filmmakers union tried to appeal, bringing the language breakdown by minutes, but they were unsuccessful.[3]

For the 2015 film of a similar name, see Utopians (film).

Utopia
Film poster
Directed byHassan Nazer
Written byAmir Aghaei
Produced byChris Robb
StarringMalalai Zikria
Hannah Spearritt
Homayoun Ershadi
Bhasker Patel
CinematographyHákon Pálsson
Ahmad Kavoosi
Yiannis Manolopoulos
Edited byReza Jouze
Music byArman Moosa Pour
Production
companies
Tripswitch Productions
World Film Production
Nay Media Production
Release date
  • 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesAfghanistan
Scotland
India
LanguagesDari
English
Hindi
Persian

Cast
  • Malalai Zikria as Janan
  • Hannah Spearritt as Lucy
  • Homayoun Ershadi as Najib
  • Bhasker Patel as Spiritual Man
  • Andrew Shaver as William
  • Saahil Chadha as Rajnesh
  • Arun Bali as Rajendra
  • Alec Westwood as UK Doctor
  • Chris Robb as William's friend

See also

References
  1. "Afghan movie selected to enter oscar". 8am Afghan News. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  2. Ramachandran, Naman (23 September 2015). "Afghanistan Chooses 'Utopia' for the Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 23 September 2015.
  3. Feinberg, Scott (15 November 2015). "Oscars: Academy Disqualifies Afghan Foreign Language Entry 'Utopia'". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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