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Mahbuba Maqsoodi

Getting a daughter in Afghanistan is said to bring disaster. Yet the fate of thousands of Afghan girls was not for Mahbuba to bear: her parents did not sell her, and she could choose her husband herself. Shaped by three cultures –the Afghan, the Russian and the German society- Mahbuba rose to become an artist whose glass paintings adorn sacred buildings in Europe and in the United States.

  • Benjamin Mang
    Director
  • Benjamin Mang
    Writer
  • Benjamin Mang
    Producer
  • Mahbuba Maqsoodi
    Key Cast
    "Herself"
  • Seda Yagci
    Key Cast
    "Mahbuba (young)"
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    2 minutes 32 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 22, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    2,500 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Germany
  • Country of Filming:
    Croatia, Germany, Morocco
  • Language:
    German
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Black & White and Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Arte Non Stop Film Festival
    Buenos Aires
    Argentina
    September 28, 2019
    World premiere
    Audience Award - Best Testimony
Distribution Information
  • Benjamin Mang Filmproduktion
    Country: Germany
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Benjamin Mang

Filmmaker Benjamin Mang started his career at the age of 8 as a dubbing artist in several television and feature film productions. Later on he worked as a production assistant and 1st A.D. before he went to the Bavarian Academy for Television where he finished with a diploma in TV journalism. Since 2011 he is a freelance artist producing videos for different clients in Germany and Europe. Currently, he's working on a full-length documentary about the life and work of Mahbuba Maqsoodi.

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