Addicted In Afghanistan Afghanistan / UK
2009, 78min.
Producer: Sharron Ward, Director: Jawed Taiman, Script: Sharron Ward, Jawed Taiman, Director of Photography: Jawed Taiman, Composers: Elias Shahna, Deen Mohammed Ghamkhwar, Sound: Adrian Scott, Editor: Jason Brooks
Cast: Jabar, Zahir
Afghanistan is a country devastated by the horrors of war, crime, violence and poverty. It is also a country blighted with the cultivation and supply of opium. Although it is estimated that 95% of all heroin on the streets of the UK and Europe comes from Afghanistan, but few talk of the drugs that stay within the country itself and the devastating effects it is having on its children – the future of Afghanistan. After the war on Terror ends and the Taliban falls, what future is there for the next generation of Afghans? Jabar and Zahir are two 15-year-old friends, whose sisters, mothers and fathers are also addicted to heroin and opium.
Awards
Best Director of Documentary Award (Asian First FF, 2009), Winner of Feature Documentary (European Independent FF, Paris, 2010), Aloha Accolade Award for Excellence in Filmmaking (Honolulu IFF, 2010), Golden Palm Award (Mexico IFF)
Production Companies
Katalyst Productions Ltd
200 Lionel Road North
South Ealing
London, UK TW8 9QU
Tel.: (44 20 8758 2113)
www.katalystproductions.co.uk
Film FX Zone Ltd
| Taiman, Jawed  Jawed Taiman
He was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, now lives in London. He made his first short non-fiction film Zendan (Prison) in Afghanistan about Allam, a teacher who secretly educated girls in his home in Kabul. It was broadcast on Tapesh TV in the USA and was awarded Best Short Film at EICAR Film School, Paris 2006. Zendan also was screened at the Short Film Corner Cannes, 2007. Addicted in Afghanistan is his first documentary.
Filmography
Prison (2006), Addicted in Afghanistan (2009)
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