Interview 25 from Armanshahr -OPEN ASIA/FIDH Unveiling Afghanistan campaign. Roya Sadat: “She even changed her name to Sohrab, a boy’s name” Roya Sadat was one of the first female filmmakers to emerge after the fall of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. She studied law and political science at Herat University but her real passion was in film. Even while prevented from working during the regime of the Taliban, Sadat would write scripts for plays and movies. She directed her first feature film, ‘Three Dots’, after the fall of the Taliban and established Roya Film House, the first independent Afghan film company founded by women, with her sister. In 2006, she was awarded a scholarship to study at the Asian Film Academy in South Korea. She is a co-president and co-founder of the International Women’s Film Festival in Afghanistan. openasia.org/en/?p=3635
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