Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
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. 

 

Hava, Maryam, Ayesha

Cast & Crew

  • Director :Sahraa Karimi
  • Producers :Katayoon Shahabi Sahraa Karimi
  • Screenplay :Sahraa Karimi, Sami Hasib Nabizada
  • Director of Photography :Behrouz Badrouj
  • Sound :Asqar Abgoon
  • Supervising Sound Editor :Mohammad Reza Delpak
  • Editor :Mastaneh Mohajer
  • Music :Saba Nedaei, Ali Tavakoli
  • Production Manager :Ahmad Shah Sultani, Sami Hasib Nabizada
  • Assistant Director :Mohammad (Kaveh) Ayreek
  • Set Designer :Sakineh Gholamali
  • Makeup Designer :Maryam Faqirzada
  • Still Photographer :Mohammad Aqeel Payeez
  • Investor :Ahmad Shah Sultani
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha
Hava, Maryam, Ayesha

Festivals

  1. Venice Int’l Film Festival (28 Aug.- 7 Sept. 2019/Italy) - Orizzonti
  2. Adana Golden Boll Int’l F.F. (23-29 September.2019/ Turkey)
  3. Mill Valley Film Festival (3-13 Oct. 2019/USA)
  4. Busan Int’l Film Festival (4-13 Oct.2019/ South Korea)
  5. Valladolid F.F. (19-26 Oct.2019/ Spain)
  6. Asian World Film Festival (6-14 Nov.2019/ USA) Winner Best Actress Award
  7. Afghan Film Festival in Canberra (15 Nov.2019/ Australia)
  8. Kolkata International Film Festival (8-15 Nov.2019/ India)
  9. International Film Festival India “Goa” (20-28 Nov.2019/ India)
  10. Cairo International Film Festival (20-29 Nov.2019/ Egypt)
  11. Musee Mohamed VI de Rabat (22-23 Nov.2019/Morocco)
  12. Int’l Crime & Punishment F.F. (22-28 Nov.2019/ Turkey)
  13. UN Women (25Nov.-6 Dec.2019/ Afghanistan)
  14. Hainan Island International Film Festival (1-8 Dec, 2019/ China)
  15. Asian Int’l Film Festival Arizona (6-8 Dec,.2019/ USA)
  16. International Film Festival of Kerala (6-12 Dec,2019/ India)
  17. Dhaka International Film Festival (11-19 Jan.2020/Bangladesh)
  18. Women’s Int’l Film Festival in Kerala (21-25 Jan.2020/ India)
  19. International Film Festival Wurzburg (30 Jan.-2 Feb.2020/ Germany)
  20. Festival Int’l des Cinemas d’Asie de Vesoul (5-12 Feb.2020/ France)
  21. Mucem (15 Feb.2020/ France)
  22. Bengaluru International Film Festival (26 Feb.-4 March,2020/ India)
  23. Glasgow Film Festival (26 Feb.-8 March.2020/ UK)
  24. Stockholm Feminist Int’l Film Festival (27Feb.-8 March.2020/ Sweden)
  25. Regional Film Festival in Kerala (21-26 Feb. 2020/ India)
  26. Iranian Film Festival Zurich (28 May-3June,2020/ Switzerland)
  27. Espoo Cultural Centre (29 April 2020/ Finland)
  28. 1st international film festival of south Asia- Seoul (IFFSA-SEOUL)(16-18 Oct. 2020/ Seoul, South Korea)
  29. Indie Meme Film Festival (IMFF) (16-18 & 23-25 April & 5-7 Nov. 2021/ Austin, Texas, US)
  30. Fundación IFF Panamá (26 March-1 April 2020/ Panama)
  31. 6th edition of the International Human Rights Film Festival (20-25 Sep. 2021/Albania)
  32. Hong Kong Asian Film Festival (27 Oct.-24 Nov. 2021/ Hong Kong)
  33. Ciné-Festival en Pays de Fayence (11-15 Oct. 2021/ France)- Winner of «Cigale d’or» for the best film 
  34. Princess of Asturias Foundation (A Cultural program)(14-23 Oct. 2021/ Spain)
  35. 16th Tasveer South Asian Film Festival (TSAFF)(2 Oct. 2021/ Seattle, USA)
  36. Australian Cinemateque (18 Dec & 2 Feb. 2021/ Australia)
  37. Rome International FF (19-25 Nov. 2021/ Rome, Italy)
  38. Duhok International Film Festival (11-18 Nov. 2021/ Kurdistan of Iraq)
  39. OtherMovie Lugano Film Festival (18 - 24 Oct., 2021/ Lugano, Switzerland)
  40. Refugee Film Festival in Helsinki (13-15 Oct. 2021/ Cinema Orion Helsinki/ Finland)
  41. Sguardi Altrove International Women’s Film Festival (22- 30 Oct. 2021/Milan, Italy(
  42. Crime & Punishment FF (26 Nov.-2 Dec. 2021/ Turkey)
  43. International Exile Film Festival (12-18 Nov. 2021/ Sweden)
  44. Fondazione Imago Mundi (14 Dec. 2021/ Treviso, Italy)
  45. Museum of Contemporary Art (Nov. 2021/ Skopje, Macedonia)
  46. Donna Sostantivo Plurale (30 Nov. 2021/ Marche Region, Italy)
  47. 17th Immaginaria International Film Festival of Lesbians & Other Rebellious Women (22-25 April 2022/ Italy)
  48. Cinema El-Housh (23 Dec., 2021- 29 Feb., 2022/ Saudi Arabia)
  49. College of Television (HFF) (9 Dec. 2021/ Munich, Germany)
  50. National Museum of Asian Art (10-26 Dec. 2021/ USA)

Photos

Sahra Karimi

DIRECTOR’S Statement

As a female filmmaker from Afghanistan, I promised myself to be the storyteller of my fellow countrywomen who seek to change their lives in a traditional society. By travelling to many Afghan cities and villages, I found real stories from inside my country about women such as Hava, Maryam, and Ayesha. Hava is the example of an Afghan housewife, Maryam is an intellectual and well-educated woman, and Ayesha is a teenager from the middle class. They are trying not to give in to the imposed patriarchal society. Their decision is a form of resistance to their predetermined life. My goal is to narrate the lives of the women who haven’t had a voice for many years, and they are now ready to change their fate.