Director: Aboozar Amini

Production: 2015, Turkish & Dari with English Subtitle, 23 min, Turkey

Script Writer: Aboozar Amini/Camera: Dawood Hilmandi/Editor: Aboozar Amini

Synopsis: 

Afghan refugee Ali and his brother have just arrived in Turkey where they have to start a new life surrounded by other refugees. Thy try to build a new life. The boys earn their living polishing shoes. When one day their spot has been taken, their fragile existence and dreams of a better future hang by a thread.

Director’s Biography:
Aboozar Amini (1985, Afghanistan) emigrated to the Netherlands as a teenager. In 2010, he graduated from the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. His debut film KabulTehranKabul (2010) won a Documentary Wildcard from the Nederlands Filmfonds. He used the prize money to shoot the documentary On the String of Forgetfulness in 2011. He has since been taking an MA in filmmaking at the London Film School.

Filmography
The Tunnel (2008, short), We Can Not Not Change the World (2008, short), Expendable Ones (2009, short), KabulTehranKabul (2010, short doc), On the String of Forgetfulness (2011, doc), Angelus Novus (2015, short)

Angelus Novus

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