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Drama Hava, Maryam, Ayesha will represent Afghanistan in the best international film category at the Oscars. Directed by first-time female Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi, the feminist drama is the story of three pregnant Afghan women from different social backgrounds who each experience different but connected…

EXCLUSIVE: Sahraa Karimi’s debut feature Hava, Maryam, Ayesha is screening in the Horizons section here at the Venice Film Festival next week. This is the first independent Afghan movie entirely shot in Kabul with cast and crew living in Afghanistan. It tells the story of three women from different social backgrounds…