Shahrbanoo Sadat

Biography

Shahrbanoo is an Afghan, female writer and director, based in Kabul. She studied at Atelier Varan Kabul. Her first feature film Wolf and Sheep was developed with the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence in 2010. Shahr - 20 years old at the time- was the youngest ever selected. The film won the main award at Director’s Fortnight 2016. Her second feature film is also after Wolf and Sheep the second part of a planned pentalogy, five films based on an unpublished autobiography. It will be presented at Director's Fortnight in 2019.

Films at the Festival