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Alka Sadat
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Alka Sadat (Persian: الکا سادات,(born 1988) is an Afghan documentary and feature film producer, director and cameraman. She became famous with her first 25-minute film Half Value Life, which highlights social injustice and crime; the film won several awards. She is the younger sister of Roya Sadat, the first Afghan woman film producer and director. The two sisters have collaborated in many film productions from 2004 and were instrumental in establishing the Roya Film House.[1] For her first film she received the Afghan Peace Prize and since then has made many documentaries for which she has won many international awards as a producer, cameraman, and director and also for her work in Television.[2] Both had participated in the "Muslim World: A Short-Film Festival", organized at the Los Angeles Film School, where 32 films from Afghanistan were featured. In 2013, she coordinated in holding the first Afghanistan International Women's Film Festival.[3] Her contribution to film making so far is in 15 documentaries and one short fiction feature film.[4]
Alka Sadat الکا سادات | |
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![]() Alka Sadat in 2015 | |
Born | 1988 (age 35–36) Herat, Afghanistan |
Occupation | Documentary Filmmaker |
Known for | Movies Half Value Life (2008) and Afghanistan Night Stories We Are Postmodern (2010), and establishing Roya Film House |
Website | www.alkasadat.com. |