Donkey In Lahore Australia
2007, 117min.
Script/Dir./Dir. of Phot.: Faramarz K-Rahber, Compos.: Colin Webber, Sound: Faramarz K-Rahber, Alex Waller, Edit.: Axel Grigor
In the late 1990s an Australian puppeteer Brian and his colleague traveled to a festival in Lahore, Pakistan. During those 10 days the young man, raised by liberal parents, fell in love with the 17-year-old Amber, a Muslim girl. “Poetry is what it is when we look at each other,” he explains with great emotion. Back in Brisbane, Brian started studying Islam and even converted. Aamir, as he was called from then on, wanted to marry the girl he loved at all costs. Two years after their encounter, he had finally saved enough money to travel to Amber and her parents in Lahore to ask for her hand. The multicultural relationship turned out to be tougher than he expected. Miscommunication as well as social and cultural differences complicated things, even if all parties did do their best to make the marriage a possibility.
Production Company
Faramarz K-Rahber for Faraway Productions
www.donkeyinlahore.com
| K-Rahber, Faramarz Faramarz K-Rahber
Faramarz K-Rahber is an Australian-Iranian filmmaker. An award-winning graduate from Griffith University Queensland College of Art, he has worked across many roles in the documentary industry in the last 10 years. His focus on directing, mixed with a strong background in cinematography, has helped shape his insightful, observational style of filmmaking. Faramarz is a lecturer in Documentary and Film Production at the Griffith Film School, Griffith University.
Filmography
Fahimeh’s Story (2004), Donkey In Lahore (2007).
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