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Story comes first. It is the heart and soul of any film. When working on any project, that’s what Jawad Mir strives to do – he strives to tell a story. He has directed and produced several features all over the world including In Search of My Sister which follows the story of an American Uyghur Activist whose sister is taken by the Chinese Communist Party. Mir’s other productions include Citizens of MoriaBaristasEscape from Manus IslandFlippin’ Red and Only 78. Mir has made over a dozen films. His films have been acquired by the production house The Orchard and Samuel L. Goldwyn.


Sayed Ahmadzia Ebrahimi is a filmmaker from Afghanistan. He has worked as a TV producer and he made short films and documentary. He had filmmaking workshops for youth in different cities in Afghanistan and Tajikistan. In 2016 he left Afghanistan to find better life in Europe.