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WALNUT TREE
  • WALNUT TREE

    PAKISTAN 81 MIN

    RUSSIAN PREMIERE

    • ABOUT

      An old man reminisces about a distant homeland. He wants to return. Internally displaced as a result of the ongoing war between the Pakistan army and the Taliban and forced to live in a camp, the family is caught between memories of what life was, an insecure present and a bleak future.

    • DIRECTOR

      AMMAR AZIZ

       

      An independent documentary filmmaker and left-wing activist, based in Lahore, Pakistan. Featured in the Christian Science Monitor’s ’30 under 30′ people from all over the world for his art and activism, he was the only Pakistani filmmaker to be selected for the Talent Campus of the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012. He has worked widely on labour-issues and his films have been shown at various international film and human-rights events including the Solidar Silver Rose Award in Brussels and ABF’s 100 years Jubilee in Stockholm along with several labour festivals.

    • OTHER FESTIVALS

      • IDFA Amstedam 2015 
    • SECTION

      Main Competition 2016

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