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'''Diana Saqeb''' is a documentary film maker and women rights activist who has spent 24 years as immigrant in Iran. For the past five years, she has been a resident of Kabul. She studied at the Tehran Art Academy to become a film director. She is currently a member of [[BASA Film]] - an artists' group based in Kabul. |
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Her first documentary film '25 Percent' deals with six female members of the Afghan parliament and the challenges they face in their daily lives. '25 Percent' has been screened at many film festivals across the world. |
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Her second documentary Run Roobina Run is about Roobina Moqimyar, the first Afghan female Athlete to participate in the Olympic Games. It was screened during the Beijing Olympic Games, 2010. |
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Diana is the festival coordinator of the first Autumn Human Rights Film Festival. She has worked as deputy director on the second and third editions of the Kabul International Film Festival; and Second Take, a film festival with a principal focus on Gender and Cinema. She is the chief editor of Theme – a magazine on Cinema, Theatre, Music and Television. |
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==Sources== |
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* [http://bakercenter.utk.edu/multimedia/documentary-filmmaker-and-womens-rights-activist-diana-saqeb/] |
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* [http://www.ahrfestival.org/en/page/10/festival-team.html Autumn Human Rights Film Festival] |
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* [http://www.english.rfi.fr/interview-afghan-documentary-maker-diana-saqeb RFI] |
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[[Category:Documentary film directors]] |
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