Film introduction with Festival Host, Jack Hanley Imagine driving through Taliban territory just to play a music festival. Akbar, Soori, Mohammed and Hakim, the children of Afghan parents who fled to Iran in the 1980s, have formed a rock band. Despite the danger they will face, they dream of performing in Afghanistan.

THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS INTRODUCTION

<img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/eventive-static/5aa0e42298f4099272acb487a0be4a18.png" width="242" style="display: inline; float: left; margin: 0px 1em 1em 0px;">Imagine driving through Taliban territory just to play a music festival. Akbar, Soori, Mohammed and Hakim, the children of Afghan parents who fled to Iran in the 1980s, have formed a rock band. Despite the danger they will face, they dream of performing in Afghanistan. In Persian with English subtitles Hasan Noori was born in Iran to Afghan parents. He studied sociology and worked as a social assistant for NGOs fighting child labour in Iran and mainly with Afghan refugee children. He primarily makes video clips and films that raise awareness for the Afghan community in Iran.

THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS

Akbar, Soori, Mohammed and Hakim, the children of Afghan parents who fled to Iran in the 1980s, have formed a rock band. Despite the danger they will face, they dream of performing in Afghanistan.

Director Hassan Noori accepts the Special Jury award for THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS (added September 29, 2021)

THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS AWARDS ACCEPTANCE

English and Farsi translation from Garineh Nazarian

THE FORBIDDEN STRINGS POST FILM DISCUSSION WITH MICHAEL BRODY AND HASAN NOORI

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