Private Project

IT IS SAFE NOW

An Afghan asylum seeker seeks refuge in Europe and becomes isolated in an almost man-abandoned camp in the country. He is safe from the war, but what is freedom when living in a cage?

  • YAMA RAUF
    Director
  • AARHUS FILM WORKSHOP AND OTHER STORY
    Producer
  • MIR
    Key Cast
  • M. Yama Rauf
    Writer
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 10, 2017
  • Country of Origin:
    Denmark
  • Country of Filming:
    Denmark
  • Language:
    Persian
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Øst i Paradis Cinema
    AARHUS
    Denmark
    June 4, 2017
  • Copenhagen Underground Film Festival
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    August 16, 2017
  • Cinemateket
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
  • Annual Copenhagen Film Festival.
    Copenhagen
    Denmark
    Best Editor Award
Director Biography - YAMA RAUF

Award winning , Afghan born, Danish resident filmmaker is known for his first experimental short fiction, No Woman (2015).

Awards
●Best Film Prize, women's right celebration day, Afghanistan. 2015.
●Best Experimental Audience Choice Award, WVN film festival, USA - 2016
●Best Experimental Film Award, Euroshorts 2016, Poland
● Best Film Award, OrziInCorto International Film Festival 2017

Festival Selection/Screenings

• Feminist and Queer Film Festival - 2015
• Afghanistan's Women's Film Festival - 2015
• Pheonix Film Festival Melbourne - 2015
• Tracce Cinematografiche Film Fest - 2016
• East Van Short Film Showcase - 2016
• Ammar Popular Film Festival - 2016
• Women's Voice Now - 2016
• European International Film Festival - 2016
• Feedback Toronto film festival - 2016
• IndieWise virtual festival - 2017
• Euroshorts festival - 2016
• Twisted Oyster Film Festival - 2016
• Film Screening: We Are Part of the Landscape | Experimental Films 2016, USA.
• Equality Festival 2016
• Seminole Film Festival 2017
• Afghansk Film Festival 2017
• OrziInCorto International Film Festival 2017
• Afghan international film festival 2017
• GEOFILMFESTIVAL and EXPOCINEMA 2017

The film was at Gallery Heike Arndt DK in Berlin and Kettinge, Denmark.

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Director Statement

It's about being free in a bubble. It's about being safe in a cage. It's a poetry about time and nostalgia.